{"product_id":"unicode-explained-internationalize-documents-programs-and-web-sites","title":"Unicode Explained: Internationalize Documents  Programs  and Web Sites","description":"\u003cp\u003eFundamentally  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. Its no wonder that industry giants like Apple  Hewlett-Packard  IBM andMicrosoft have all adopted Unicode. Containing everything you need to understand Unicode  this comprehensive reference from OReilly takes you on a detailed guide through the complex character world. For starters  it explains how to identify and classify characters - whether theyre common  uncommon  or exotic. It then shows you how to type them  utilize their properties  and process character data in a robust manner. The book is broken up into three distinct parts. The first few chapters provide you with a tutorial presentation of Unicode and character data. It gives you a firm grasp of the terminology you need to reference various components  including character sets  fonts and encodings  glyphs and character repertoires. The middle section offers more detailed information about using Unicode and other character codes. It explains the principles and methods of defining character codes  describes some of the widely used codes  and presents code conversion techniques. It also discusses properties of characters  collation and sorting  line breaking rules and Unicode encodings. The final four chapters cover more advanced material  such as programming to support Unicode. You simply cant afford to be without the nuggets of valuable information detailed in Unicode Explained.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985034276917,"sku":"ByrdShop_059610121X","price":44.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780596101213.jpg?v=1770843715","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/unicode-explained-internationalize-documents-programs-and-web-sites","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}