byte order mark

Unicode character (U+FEFF)
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byte order mark

Summary

byte order mark is an Unicode character[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (690 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • byte order mark's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[3].
  • byte order mark's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/byte-order-mark[4].
  • byte order mark's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BOM'}[5].
  • byte order mark's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'IOO'}[6].
  • byte order mark's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ZWNBSP'}[7].
  • byte order mark's different from is recorded as BOM[8].
  • byte order mark's different from is recorded as word joiner[9].
  • byte order mark's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'byte order mark'}[10].
  • byte order mark's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'indicateur d’ordre des octets'}[11].
  • byte order mark's code is recorded as 0xFF 0xFE 0x00 0x00[12].
  • byte order mark's code is recorded as 0x00 0x00 0xFE 0xFF[13].
  • byte order mark's code is recorded as 0xFF 0xFE[14].
  • byte order mark's code is recorded as 0xFE 0xFF[15].
  • byte order mark's code is recorded as 0xEF 0xBB 0xBF[16].
  • byte order mark's Unicode code point is recorded as FEFF[17].
  • byte order mark's HTML entity is recorded as [18].
  • byte order mark's HTML entity is recorded as [19].
  • byte order mark's HTML entity is recorded as [20].
  • byte order mark's Unicode block is recorded as Arabic Presentation Forms-B[21].
  • byte order mark's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776119341[22].
  • byte order mark's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as バイトオーダーマーク[23].
  • byte order mark's Unicode character name is recorded as ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE[24].

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Designation and Status

byte order mark's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[3].

Why It Matters

byte order mark ranks in the top 3% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (690 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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