Unicode provides a unique number for every character, no matter
what the platform, no matter what the program, no matter what the language. The
Unicode Standard has been adopted by such industry leaders as Apple, HP, IBM,
JustSystems, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Sun, Sybase, Unisys and many others.
Unicode is required by modern standards such as XML, Java, ECMAScript
(JavaScript), LDAP, CORBA 3.0, WML, etc., and is the official way to implement
ISO/IEC 10646. It is supported in many operating systems, all modern browsers,
and many other products. The emergence of the Unicode Standard, and the
availability of tools supporting it, are among the most significant recent
global software technology trends.
