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Unicode

Recorded year1991

One character set for every writing system lets the web speak every language.

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Built on

ASCII text codeRecorded · 1963enables
MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
Personal computerRecorded · 1975requires

Led to

UTF-8 text encodingRecorded · 1992enables
XML data formatRecorded · 1998enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.