Win7 ushered in the Unicode 7.0 standard, adding three thousand characters /emoji

Computer Store News: Recently, Unicode (Unicode) announced the latest 7.0 core standard, which is expected to be officially released on October 15th. This time, the new Unicode v7.0 standard adds at least 2834 characters, including 23 new scripts and new symbols, as well as other additional character scripts.

What is Unicode? Unicode is a character encoding used on a computer. Unicode is created to solve the limitations of traditional character encoding schemes. It sets a uniform and unique binary encoding for each character in each language to meet the requirements of text conversion and processing across languages ​​and platforms.

This general-purpose computer character code was developed in 1990 and officially released in 1994. The latest version is the Unicode 7.0 standard (visiting the official website).

In addition to adding a large number of new characters, the new Unicode v7.0 standard includes other important upgrades, including major reorganization of chapters, layout of core standards, and a design specifically for e-readers and mobile devices. New page size standard.

In addition, Unicode v7.0 also updated the Unicode two-way update algorithm and added nearly 3,000 new Cantonese pronunciation entries.