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Meaning of Punycode | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A mapping from Unicode to the simpler ASCII character set, intended for the representation of international domain names where Unicode is not available.

Examples

“Punycode is an encoding, or an escape scheme (depending on how you look at it), for a specific purpose: implementing Internationalized Domain Names (IDN).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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