Unicode provides:

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  1. Uniform code for checking all computer programs
  2. Unique code to denote every computer company
  3. Codes for English language characters
  4. Unique code for every character of every language

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Option 4 : Unique code for every character of every language
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The correct answer is Unique code for every character of every language.

  • Unicode provides a unique number for every character.
    • It including punctuation marks, mathematical symbols, technical symbols, arrows, and characters making up non-Latin alphabets such as Thai, Chinese, or Arabic script.

Important Points

  • Unicode is an industry-standard for the consistent encoding of written text.
  • Unicode defines different character encodings, the most used ones being UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32. UTF-8 is definitely the most popular encoding in the Unicode family, especially on the Web.

Additional Information

  • ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) character set contains 128 characters for English letters, numbers, and some control characters.
    • ASCII encoding maps each character to 1 byte with the leading bit set to 0, and the other 7 bits representing the code point of the character.
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