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Universal Character Set

standard set of coded characters defined by the ISO/IEC 10646 international standard
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Universal Character Set

Summary

Universal Character Set is an ISO standard[1]. It draws 120 Wikipedia views per month (iso_standard category, ranking #27 of 128).[2]

Key Facts

  • Universal Character Set's instance of is recorded as ISO standard[3].
  • Universal Character Set's instance of is recorded as IEC standard[4].
  • Universal Character Set's follows is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859[5].
  • Universal Character Set's follows is recorded as ISO/IEC 2022[6].
  • Universal Character Set's follows is recorded as ISO/IEC 646[7].
  • Universal Character Set's subclass of is recorded as coded character set[8].
  • Universal Character Set's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019m4l[9].
  • Universal Character Set's described by source is recorded as ISO/IEC 10646:2014: Information technology—Universal Coded Character Set (UCS)[10].
  • Universal Character Set's partially coincident with is recorded as Unicode[11].
  • Universal Character Set's IBM graphic character set global ID is recorded as 03001[12].
  • Universal Character Set's IBM graphic character set global ID is recorded as 03004[13].
  • Universal Character Set's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 17593920[14].
  • Universal Character Set's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as iso-iec-10646[15].
  • Universal Character Set's FOLDOC ID is recorded as Universal+Character+Set[16].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ISO standard[3] and IEC standard[4].

Why It Matters

Universal Character Set draws 120 Wikipedia views per month (iso_standard category, ranking #27 of 128).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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