SCJA Sun Certified Java Associate Study Guide (Exam CX-310-019)

CUnicode Standard

Unicode Standard Compliancy

The Unicode Standard is a character coding system designed to form a universal character set. This standard is maintained by the Unicode Consortium standards organization. The characters in this set are technically known as Unicode scalar values (in other words, hex numbers). Commonly known as Unicode characters, the characters are primarily organized into symbol and punctuation characters, as well as by script characters (for example, spoken language characters).

Code charts are maintained by the consortium for easy reference. The “Code Charts for Symbols and Punctuation” can be accessed at the following web site address: http://unicode.org/charts/symbols.html. “The Unicode Character Code Charts ...