Unicode Explained: Internationalize Documents, Programs, and Web Sites

by Jukka K. Korpela

Book Overview

Fundamentally, computers just deal with numbers. They store letters and other characters by assigning a number for each one. There are hundreds of different encoding systems for mapping characters to numbers, but Unicode promises a single mapping. Unicode enables a single software product or website to be targeted across multiple platforms, languages and countries without re-engineering. It's no wonder that industry giants like Apple, Hewlett-Packard,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059610121X
• ISBN13: 9780596101213
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 677 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 9.2"