[an error occurred while processing this directive]
zigamorph
![[prev]](../gif/left.gif)
![[up]](../gif/up.gif)
![[next]](../gif/right.gif)
zigamorph /zig'*-morf/ /n./ 1. Hex FF (11111111) when used
as a delimiter or fence character. Usage: primarily at IBM
shops. 2. [proposed] /n./ The Unicode non-character U+FFFF
(1111111111111111), a character code which is not assigned to any
character, and so is usable as end-of-string. (Unicode (a subset
of ISO 10646) is a 16-bit character code intended to cover all of
the world's writing systems, including Roman, Greek, Cyrillic,
Chinese, hiragana, katakana, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Thai, Laotian
and many other languages (support for elvish is planned for a
future release).
Return to Cool Jargon of the Day