Unicode

Unicode was designed to deal decisively with the issues with older character codes. Unicode assigns integers, known as code points, to characters. It has room for 1.1 million code points, and only 110,000 are already assigned, so there’s plenty of room for future growth.Unicode’s goal is to have everything. It starts with ASCII, and includes thousands of symbols, including the famous Snowman, covers all the writing systems of the world, and is constantly being expanded. For example, the latest update gave us the symbol PILE OF POO.

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