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Sep 13, 2026 13 min

Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle - Computerphile

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Audible free book: http://www.audible.com/computerphileRepresenting symbols, characters and letters that are used worldwide is no mean feat, but unicode managed it - how? Tom Scott explains how the web has settled on a standard.More from Tom Scott: http://www.youtube.com/user/enyay and https://twitter.com/tomscottEXTRA BITS: http://youtu.be/qBex3IDaUbUData Security: http://youtu.be/4SSSMi4X_mAhttp://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

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