Standards

/ˈjuːnɪˌkoʊd/

noun — "a universal standard for encoding, representing, and handling text."

Unicode is a computing industry standard designed to provide a consistent and unambiguous way to encode, represent, and manipulate text from virtually all writing systems in use today. It assigns a unique code point — a numeric value — to every character, symbol, emoji, or diacritical mark, enabling computers and software to interchange text across different platforms, languages, and devices without loss of meaning or corruption.

/oʊm/

noun … “Unit of electrical resistance.”

Ohm is the standard unit used to quantify resistance in an electrical circuit. One ohm (Ω) is defined as the resistance that allows one ampere of current to flow when one volt of voltage is applied across it, according to Ohm’s law (V = I × R).

Key characteristics of Ohm include:

/ˌθriː dʒiː piː piː/

proper noun — "the group defining mobile network standards worldwide."

/ˌaɪ tiː ˈjuː/

proper noun — "the global referee for how the world’s communication systems agree to work together."

/ˌiːtiːˈɛsaɪ/

noun — "the body that defines global telecommunications standards from Europe."

/ɪnˈkrɪpʃən/

noun … “the process of transforming data into a form that is unreadable without authorization.”

/ˌoʊ.ɛnˈɛks/

noun … “an open format for representing and interoperating machine learning models.”

/ˌaɪːˌɑːrˈiː/

noun … “the professional body for radio and electronics engineers in the early 20th century.”

/ˌeɪ.iːˌiːˈiː/

noun … “the original American institute for electrical engineering standards and research.”

/ˌaɪ.iːˌiːˈiː/

noun … “the global standards organization for electrical and computing technologies.”