"UCS" meaning in English

See UCS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} UCS
  1. (computing) Initialism of Universal Coded Character Set, a set of characters standardized in ISO 10646. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Universal Coded Character Set (extra: a set of characters standardized in ISO 10646) Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: Unicode

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