WHAT EMOJI TELL US ABOUT ENCODING They’re our punchlines. They’re our kisses. They’re our favourite way to share a lol. Emoji do a lot of work for us. But sometimes emoji don’t show up properly, even though the text around them comes through just fine. Why is that? What is going on? If you’ve ever seen this in a text or chat window, you have witnessed one of the most fascinating facets of emoji! [INSERT PICTURE OF TEXT WITH EMOJI ERROR] Emoji are an example of encoding at work. Emojis are transmitted as code! You probably aren’t thinking about the rules of encoding when sending a text-based message. But when you see an emoji error like this one [INSERT PICTURE OF EMOJI WITH SKIN OR GENDER MODIFIER AFTER] you’re getting a tiny taste …show more content…
Encoding is a set of rules that standardizes how we represent letters and emoji in a way that computers understand — binary. And because there are so many different programmers out there, we need a global body of rule-makers to help us all agree on how we encode data. Standardized encoding is essential when we want to communicate with other devices. Binary is just ones and zeros, right? We all need to agree on which combination of ones and zeros means “a”. And which combo means capital “A”. And which combo means “smiley-face with tongue sticking out” emoji. Since the dawn of digital technology, several encoding systems have been created. As technology has become faster and able to store more information, we’ve been able to develop longer lists of encoding rules. Today, most programs use one set of rules for human languages: Unicode. The global organization managing these rules is the Unicode Consortium [https://unicode.org/]. They continually add to a master chart of encoding rules called the Unicode Standard. This standard contains a unique identifying name for each character we type in our electronic devices. So far, the list has 136,690 characters spanning 50+ …show more content…
Supporting new emoji characters involves additions to fonts, enhancements to emoji input methods (keyboards or palettes), and often updates to libraries that determine character properties and behavior (such as word selection or line breaking). Depending on release cycle length and timing relative to a Unicode release, it may take a year or so for new Unicode characters to appear on phones and other platforms.” The Unicode Consortium does not require software creators to comply with suggested emoji updates, but they do filter new emoji proposals by anticipated adoption rates. According to their proposal submission process guide, Unicode’s homing in on ideas that are likely to be used by millions of people. They also aim for ideas that will likely be picked up by the leading platform vendors: Google, Apple, Twitter, Facebook and Windows. All of these organizations are members of the Unicode Consortium. Unicode also seeks input through public reviews, an annual conference, volunteer roles, and emoji proposal submissions from the public. (For more details on participation in Unicode decision-making, see Unicode’s list of members and their membership FAQ.) WHAT DEVELOPERS NEED TO
Transmitting codes has been around for nearly two centuries, First using a code called Morse code when they needed to transmit vital messages from Washington D.C up to Baltimore within short periods of time. They would transmit these messages from a device called the telegraph during the Civil War period. The reason why it’s called Morse CODE is because only a few people in the whole world knew how to translate the message from a few dots and dashes to whole sentences and send a message back. The reason for this is because morse came up with a unique form of his own language using a designated code of dots and dashes.
This method can be tricky and will not work for everyone, but if you happen to have letters that work you can create a very unique design. This will vary depending on the available letters and the brand, but it might be possible to ditch letters completely and use a illustration or symbol instead. However, it is important that the illustration or symbol should still resemble the letters. It is crucial that the viewers can understand the message, so maintain readability.
There are three major code sets in coding, ICD-9-CM, CPT, and HCPCS. As a coder it is important that one be able to use all of these. The better acquainted a coder is with all of these manuals the more accurate, and efficient they will be able to be. Being able to use the manuals starts with knowing the difference between them.
They select a performer who draws a game card and picks any emoji on the game card to mime except the Smiley & People emoji on the green stripe. (See page 2, Emoji-Mime Game Cards.) The performer turns over the timer and mimes the emoji. All players try to guess the name of the emoji being mimed. The team that guesses the emoji first wins and immediately rolls the die, moves their pawn the corresponding number of squares on the gameboard, and then begins another turn. If players of opposing teams shout out the correct name of the emoji at
Julien, Nadia. The Mammoth Dictionary of Symbols: Understanding the Hidden Language of Symbols. London: Robinson Publishing, 1996.
In 2005 the first Black Berry with WiFi was released. One of the first smart phones was the Nokia N95. It had WiFi, a touchscreen and some apps. Then in 2008 the iPhone 3G was released. You could get apps, use a calculator, check calendar, take pictures, call, text, take notes and so much more. Now our phones are very light, and we can do many things with them. You can listen to music or podcast, use social media or play games. Cell phones have also changed our language. Thanks to texting, there are many abbreviations that exist. At first, you could only type 160 characters per text. This caused people to start using abbreviations to use less characters. They also began skipping punctuation. This method became very popular and is commonly used today. The 160 character limit does not exist anymore, but text speak is still very popular. Emojis have also become very popular. Emojis began in 1999 in Japan. To save character limits, they began sending pictures. They only used one character which saved a lot of space. Now, emojis are a new way of communication. Some people only chat through emojis. Some people believe that this could be a new language in the future. Another way cell phones changed the world was that they were
Message Decoded- The person who you are conversing with has to analyse your message, this is not always an easy job as the other person can make assumptions about your words and body language, so it is common for messages to be taken in a different way to how it has been intended.
“When letters are put together, they can mean so much, and they can mean nothing at all,” said Nora Raleigh Baskin in her book Anything But Typical. There are 26 letters in the alphabet, and some people know exactly how to arrange them so that they mean so much. Words, sentences, quotes - can show you how to live, help you understand feelings, and can stay in your mind forever.
Affect Displays: These are facial languages or gestures which show the emotions we feel. These are often unintentional and can be different with what we r saying. these expressions give strong hints as to the true emotive state of a person.
We chose to do the history of alphabets, focusing on a specific three- those being the Egyptian alphabet, the Ancient Latin alphabet, and the Cyrillic alphabet. We chose to do it as there are plenty of alphabets currently in use in the world that are all extremely different. There have been a total of 59 total alphabets in the world, with 18 currently in use, 9 used to a limited extent and 29 currently unused. We thought it would be very interesting to know of their origins, how they r...
We have to cross the barriers of languages and cultures. We can do that with a universal symbol to represent the idea we want to convey.
It was no longer enough for the 26 letters of the alphabet to function only as phonetic symbols. The industrial age transformed these signs into abstract visual forms projecting a variety of shapes to be consumed by the public eye.
Instead the language was a combination of words and letters. The alphabet was divided into two different categories, phonograms and ideograms. Ideograms represented whole words while phonograms represented the letters to spell out the different sounds of the words.(UkuleleCari) Ideograms either represented an object or something related to the object. For example the hieroglyph for legs could also represent movement, and when they were combined with other hieroglyphs, it could represent concepts like “approach” or “give directions.” (Guisepi, 7) Phonograms represented a sound in a word. (Guisepi,
Representation can be separated into object, codes and manner. The object is what is being represented, the code is the material used to represent and the manner is the way in which the representation is employed. Language is the code for literary representation, these can be deployed in different ways, for example, narration and description. These can produce all different types of outcomes, for instance, happiness, pity etcetera. Like so, visual codes produce shapes, colours and objects that all employ representations through signs. When analysing the relationship between the representation and what is being represented the consideration of semiotics is crucial. Semiotics is the study of signs and how they are used or how they can interpret. For example image and text both use signs to deploy what they are attempting to depict. As noted, photography and text are constantly used as a mechanism of representation claiming territory to realms of portrayal and depiction; they claim that they communicate to the interpreter what it is like to be the subject or what an environment is
Communication is an essential day-to-day practice in human life. In the present day, the communication is more important by the cultures and the nations than never in advance. In fact, language is the best means of the communication, and, therefore, it is necessary for the human interaction. In this globalized world, many people speak more than about one Language. The written language and expressing ideas and views are more effective in social cognitive cases of the communication. a writing system is a well-organized and systematic transfer of messages. It can be either for the people who can read or the people who are visually disabled (e.g. Braille Script). A writing system can have alphabets, logography, symbols or signs. There is standard