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title: "What is UNICODE?"  
description: "What is UNICODE?"  
author: "James Smith"  
published: 2011-07-15  
updated: 2020-09-19  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1085/what-is-unicode  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is UNICODE?

Unicode is used for internal representation of characters and strings and it uses 16 bits to represent each other.

## Answers

### Answer by James Smith

Unicode is used for internal representation of characters and strings and it uses 16 bits to represent each other.


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