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Hexspeak. Hexspeak is a novelty form of variant English spelling using the hexadecimal digits. Created by programmers as memorable magic numbers, hexspeak words can serve as a clear and unique identifier with which to mark memory or data. Hexadecimal notation represents numbers using the 16 digits 0123456789ABCDEF.
Runic is a Unicode block containing runic characters . It was introduced in Unicode 3.0 (1999), with eight additional characters introduced in Unicode 7.0 (2014). [3] The original encoding of runes in UCS was based on the recommendations of the "ISO Runes Project" submitted in 1997. [a]
A legacy of code page 437 is the number combinations used in Windows Alt codes. [6] [7] [8] A DOS user could enter a character by holding down the Alt key and entering the character code on the numpad [6] and many users memorized the numbers needed for CP437 (or for the similar CP850 ).
Luhn algorithm. The Luhn algorithm or Luhn formula, also known as the " modulus 10" or "mod 10" algorithm, named after its creator, IBM scientist Hans Peter Luhn, is a simple check digit formula used to validate a variety of identification numbers. It is described in U.S. Patent No. 2,950,048, granted on August 23, 1960.
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Wingdings. Wingdings is a TrueType dingbat font included in all versions of Microsoft Windows from version 3.1 [4] until Windows Vista/Server 2008, and also in a number of application packages of that era. [5] The Wingdings trademark is owned by Microsoft, [4] and the design and glyph order was awarded U.S. Design Patent D341848 in 1993. [6]
Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard, [note 1] is a text encoding standard maintained by the Unicode Consortium designed to support the use of text in all of the world's writing systems that can be digitized. Version 15.1 of the standard [A] defines 149 813 characters [3] and 161 scripts used in various ordinary, literary, academic, and ...
ANSI escape code. Output of the system-monitor htop, an ncurses-application (which uses SGR and other ANSI/ISO control sequences). ANSI escape sequences are a standard for in-band signaling to control cursor location, color, font styling, and other options on video text terminals and terminal emulators. Certain sequences of bytes, most starting ...