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The Unicode Consortium controls the standards that gover... displayed on the world's computers, which means, of cour... define the world's emoticons. Last month, they released ... of the standard, 6.0. It features this lovely and defini...
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Precisely Defining the World's Emoticons - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/precisely-definin.../72258

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The Unicode Consortium controls the standards that govern how text is displayed on the world's computers, which means, of course, that they must define the world's emoticons. Last month, they released the newest version of the standard, 6.0. It features this lovely and definitive chart of recognized emoticons. Enjoy.

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<p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode">Unicode</a> Consortium controls the standards that govern how text is displayed on the world's computers, which means, of course, that they must define the world's emoticons. Last month, they released the newest version of the standard, 6.0. It features this lovely and definitive chart of recognized emoticons. Enjoy.</p> <p><img class="mt-image-none" alt="unicode.jpg" src="http://assets.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/unicode.jpg" width="600" height="776"></p>