Unicode

version of Unicode Standard has been released and includes 72 new emojis. Prose challenged "texters" can now use the "shrug", "facepalm", "fingers crossed" and other symbols in order to say what's on their mind without actually saying anything. While most of these additions seem rather innocent, one emoji trend seems to resemble a drooling face high on marijuana. EMOJI TREND IS NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON For those hoping the emoji fad would die quickly, think again. Version 9.0 of the Unicode Standard

Emojis, A History Emojis – the little picture messages that have worked their way into our devices, hearts, and to some extent, our speech! Where did they come from? Furthermore, how did they take over? For that matter, what even constitutes an emoji? Relatively few of us take the time consider these questions, despite their central, all encompassing role in our daily lives. The answers, as will soon be discovered, are rich and fascinating! A tiny misnomer that needs to be clarified, before we

“Emojis are Unicode graphic symbols, used as a shorthand to express concepts and ideas”(Kralj). Emoticons are basically little pictures that are sent through different types of messaging systems to express emotion after or before the sender types what he/she is saying. On the other hand, hieroglyphics were drawings that were strictly one type of communication. “The ancient Egyptians expressed their ideas in writing by means of a large number of picture signs which are commonly called hieroglyphics”(Budge1)

Language is a property found solely in humans. It helps humans communicate feelings and ideas to those around them. Through the invention of the internet and the smartphone, a new form of communication has risen. Called microtexts, this form of communication refers to text or IM messages, and posts on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Reddit, or other social media websites. Microtexts are limited either by the website (ex. Twitter) or by those consuming the content on these sites; if posts are

Steganography has been widely used, including in recent historical times and the present day. Known examples include: • Hidden messages within wax tablet—in ancient Greece, people wrote messages on wood and covered it with wax that bore an innocent covering message. • Hidden messages on messenger's body—also used in ancient Greece. Herodotus told the story of a message tattooed on the part of the body i.e. shaved head of a slave of Histiaeus, covered by the hair that later grew over it, and exposed

Abstract—Character Recognition by machines is an innovative way by which the dependence on manpower is reduced. Character recognition provides a reliable alternative of converting manual text into digitized format. Now-a-days, as technology becomes integral part of human life, many applications have enabled the incorporation of English OCR for real time inputs. The advantages that the English alphabet has is its simplicity offered by less number of letters i.e. 26 and easier classification due to

available with different skin tones, and Unicode will soon offer new professional emojis that show men and women working in a variety of jobs. Rayouf is glad that Unicode is making more diverse emojis. Still, she says, there's much more work to be

Look now at China. The earliest inscriptions we have unearthed are dated at 1400 B.C., and the use of these inscriptions was, once again, for religious use. As in other cultures, this required a “magician”, or a priest. The priest would heat an ox scapula or a tortoise shell until it cracks, and would then attempt to read the cracks in order to answer a question. This reading often involved the priest carving the “answers” into the bone under the guise of creating clarity (Lyons, 18). However

Wang Si Yu is my foreign exchange student who has lived with me for the past year. Her name, Si Yu, means rain and was chosen for her because her parents thought it sounded beautiful. However, I know her as Ella. When she came to America to complete her junior and senior years of high school she chose an english name. We went through a complex naming process but she finally decided on Ella because that was the easiest for her to pronounce. Ella is from North East China, a province called Harbin.

COMP323 FOUNDATION OF CHINESE COMPUTING Lecture 2: Concept of Character Set, Code Set and Encoding Monday, 24 September, 2012 Student Name: _________________ Student ID: _________________ NOTE: Please hand in your answers before the end of class. Exercise 1: (a) How many characters can be encoded with the 3-bit codes? (b) To encode 100 characters, at least how many bits are required? (c) For a character set with n number of characters, what is the minimum number of bits required