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Standard Compression Scheme for Unicode

Hey kiddo, do you know what Unicode is? It’s like a big library of symbols that different languages use to communicate with each other.

Now, when we have a lot of symbols, it takes up a lot of space, like having a bunch of big puzzle boxes in your room. So, we need to compress them to save space.

Compression scheme for Unicode is like a puzzle box that can break into smaller pieces, and we can take out the pieces we don’t need. For example, if mommy is talking to Grandma in Japan, then we only need a few puzzle pieces for those specific symbols.

This compression scheme is like a secret code to grab only the specific symbols we need, so we don’t have to store all the extra puzzle pieces we don’t use. This saves space and time, especially when we need to send a message quickly.

Hope that helps you understand compression scheme for Unicode, kiddo!