From: Jony Rosenne (jr@qsm.co.il)
Date: Fri Mar 03 2006 - 12:21:34 CST
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> [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On Behalf Of E. Keown
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> March 2006
>
> Hi,
>
> Below, my first definition of a term one MUST know to
> understand character set work. Feel very free to
> critique this. This definition is for non-geeks or,
> at best, semi-geeks.
>
> Character set, a definition :
> A character set is a computerized version
> of any alphabet (or other writing system).
>
> Each letter, number, symbol, etc. of the
> computerized alphabet is assigned a unique
> number for the computer to use in software.
>
> There must be 15 core terms needed for a
> mini-dictionary for character set work. But which 15?
>
>
> Marc Kuester of DIN told me that German-language
> proposals include what he calls a "Fachwörterliste," a
> list of terminology to harmonize usage in all German
> technical documents. Great idea!
>
> Translations of the word character set:
>
> le jeu de caractère (le pluriel prefere?)
> מערכת
> תווים
> Zeichensatz
> Codifica dei caratteri
>
> PLEASE send me more translations if you have them!
>
> As you know, the Hebrew language has been written for
> 3,150 years, at least. There are four living languages
> which were written for over 2,900 years:
> Aramaic
> Chinese
> Greek
> Hebrew
>
> Part of what happened with computerizing Hebrew is
> that no academic Semitist knew the phrase 'character
> set' until maybe 1999.
>
> There are at least a dozen scholarly societies which
> concern themselves with Hebrew. But only 1-2 of these
> societies have any computational work.
Hebrew is a living language. Its users computerized it, starting in the
1950's.
Jony
>
> Elaine Keown
> in white bread America
>
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