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Did you know? Unicode (1991) aims to give every character from every human language ever a unique number. The current standard (Unicode 16, 2024) contains 154,998 code points — from Chinese characters to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to emoji. The old ASCII (1963) had only 128.

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Unicode (1991) aims to give every character from every human language ever a unique number. The current standard (Unicode 16, 2024) contains 154,998 code points — from Chinese characters to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to emoji. The old ASCII (1963) had only 128.

Unicode (1991) wil elk teken uit elke menselijke taal ooit een uniek nummer geven. De huidige standaard (Unicode 16, 2024) bevat 154.998 codepunten — van Chinese karakters tot oude Egyptische hiërogliefen tot emoji. Het oude ASCII (1963) had er slechts 128.

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