"UCA" meaning in English

See UCA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} UCA
  1. (computing) Initialism of Unicode Collation Algorithm, an algorithm which defines a customizable method to compare two strings. These comparisons can then be used to collate or sort text in any writing system and language that can be represented with Unicode. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Unicode Collation Algorithm (extra: an algorithm which defines a customizable method to compare two strings. These comparisons can then be used to collate or sort text in any writing system and language that can be represented with Unicode.) Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: CLDR, DUCET, LDML

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