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unicode

/ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd/US/ˈjunɪˌkoʊd/

unicode is the alternative letter-case form of Unicode.

Proper noun capitalized: Unicode

Unicode

  1. (international standards) A series of character encoding standards intended to support the characters used by a large number of the world’s languages.
    • This character isn't in Unicode.
    • The Thaana script is written from right to left. Conformant implementations of Thaana script must use the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (see Unicode Standard Annex #9, “Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm”).2022 September, “Version 15.0 – Core Specification”, in Unicode, page 535
  2. The Unicode standards, together with standards for representing character strings as byte strings.
    • convert to Unicode

Noun capitalized: Unicode

Unicode (uncountable)

  1. (broadly, informal) Characters from a contextually different script, often used in a nonstandard fashion. Sometimes used as an antonym to the characters of the Latin alphabet.
    • Since most users on the site are westerners, we have banned Unicode in all text input boxes.

Forms of unicode

alternative formunicode

Origin of unicode

Published as a draft proposal in 1988, “intended to suggest a unique, unified, universal encoding”. From uni- + code.

Words formed from unicode

Words that rhyme with unicode

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Questions about unicode

What does unicode mean?
Unicode means a series of character encoding standards intended to support the characters used by a large number of the world’s languages.
What is unicode the alternative letter-case form of?
Unicode is the alternative letter-case form of Unicode.
What part of speech is unicode?
Unicode can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce unicode?
Unicode is pronounced /ˈjunɪˌkoʊd/ (US).

Words near unicode in the dictionary

  1. unicity
  2. unick
  3. uniclinal
  4. uniclonal
  5. unicodal
  6. unicode
  7. Unicode font
  8. Unicoder
  9. Unicoders
  10. unicodification
  11. unicodify

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unicode (page history and authors); Unicode (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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