Gucharmap
Encyclopedia
gucharmap is a Unicode
character map
program
, part of GNOME desktop. This program allows for displaying character
s by unicode block or script type and includes brief descriptions of related characters and occasionally meanings of the character in question. It can also be used to input or enter characters (by copy and paste).
Unicode
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
character map
Character Map
Character Map is a utility included with Microsoft Windows operating systems and is used to view the characters in any installed font, to check what keyboard input is used to enter those characters, and to copy characters to the clipboard in lieu of typing them. The tool is usually useful for...
program
Computer program
A computer program is a sequence of instructions written to perform a specified task with a computer. A computer requires programs to function, typically executing the program's instructions in a central processor. The program has an executable form that the computer can use directly to execute...
, part of GNOME desktop. This program allows for displaying character
Character (computing)
In computer and machine-based telecommunications terminology, a character is a unit of information that roughly corresponds to a grapheme, grapheme-like unit, or symbol, such as in an alphabet or syllabary in the written form of a natural language....
s by unicode block or script type and includes brief descriptions of related characters and occasionally meanings of the character in question. It can also be used to input or enter characters (by copy and paste).
External links
- Project page at GNOMEGNOMEGNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. It is composed entirely of free and open source software...
development website - Description page at the UbuntuUbuntu (operating system)Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
documentation site