"WRITING" CHINAESE WITH KEYBOARD
Chinese scientists have coded Chinese characters, which enables people to input corresponding Chinese characters by inputting codes on the general computer keyboard. According to the input codes, the computer will find the dot-matrix-form font code stored in its character database. Chinese characters then can be displayed on screen or printed out by printer.
CHINESE SCRIPT AND INTELLINGENCE
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The birth of the computer in the mid-20th century heralded in an information age for the world. As the computer's basic calculation system is binary, some hold that its inventor, Leibniz, was inspired by the Chinese Eight Diagrams. Portrait of Leibniz. |
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The input of Chinese can be faster than that of English, thanks to the unique function of the Chinese system to find relevant words quickly. |
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The input of Chinese can be faster than that of English, thanks to the unique function of the Chinese system to find relevant words quickly |
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Chinese characters are recognized by the computer as double-byte graphical information of chars that need large memory and special output technology. This is why they, though the earliest used in press, have not been printed electronically till 1970s. |
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Chinese scientists have invented and developed information compression technology of Chinese characters glyphs and laser imaging controller and solved the storage and output problems of Chinese characters in computer. From then on, Chinese language press has bid farewell to lead and fire and embraced light and electricity. |
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Chinese materials printed by using electronic technology. |
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Chinese materials printed by using electronic technology. |
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Chinese materials printed by using electronic technology. |
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Reading from the web. |
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Reading from the web. |