Punycode

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A mapping from Unicode to the simpler ASCII character set, intended for the representation of international domain names where Unicode is not available.

    "Punycode is an encoding, or an escape scheme (depending on how you look at it), for a specific purpose: implementing Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)."

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"Punycode is an encoding, or an escape scheme (depending on how you look at it), for a specific purpose: implementing Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)."

Etymology

Blend of puny + Unicode.

Related phrases

character setdomain name

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