Unicode

Key value pair dictionary containing “any character”=“code point” where “any character”=any kind of character used in computer including other language like devanagari or english code point=“any specific code of corresponding character Example:

• Character: ñ

• Unicode Code Point: U+00F1 The letter A is U+0041. The “Face with Tears of Joy” emoji 😂 is U+1F602 Before Unicode, different systems used different maps. A number that meant “A” on one computer might mean “平” on another, leading to broken text (mojibake).