Jungshik Shin wrote:
> I didn't expect 'Unicode' to be in OED II (1989), but it is.
Google search turned up more that predate Unicode(circa 1989).
<http://www.mtah.edu:8080/pub/tex/bib/unicode.html> has the
following:
Historical note: a library search on the name
``Unicode'' turns up several entries that
predate its use for an international computer
character set standard. These include:
``Unicode'': the universal telegraphic
phrase-book, London (1889, 1896, 1901,
1910).
Unicode: three-letter difference
telegraphic code, Prague, Czechoslovakia
(1956, 1967).
UNICODE automatic coding for UNIVAC
scientific data automation system 1103A
or 1105, Sperry Rand Corporation. Univac
Division (1959).
Atle Grahl-Madsen, UNICODE 72:
Two-letter, three-letter and numerical
country codes, Bergen, Norway (1971,
1972).
David L. Szekely, Unicode: ein Verfahren
zur Optimierung der begrifflichen
Denkleistung: eine Einfuhrung in die
``vereinheitlichte Wissenschaft'', Basel
(1979).
U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services,
``Food protection unicode'' (1988).
Unicode single transition time coding (1976).
Unicode state assignment techniques (1996).
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