Zigamorph

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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 is a 16-bit character code intended to cover all
     of the world's writing systems, including Latin, Greek, Cyrillic,


     Chinese, hiragana, katakana, Devanagari, Thai, Laotian and many other
     scripts - support for {elvish} is planned for a future release).
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  zigamorph
       
          /zig'*-morf/ 1. {Hex} FF (11111111) when used as a {delimiter}
          or {fence} character.  Usage: primarily at {IBM} shops.
       
          2. [proposed] The {Unicode} non-character +UFFFF
          (1111111111111111), a character code which is not assigned to
          any character, and so is usable as end-of-string.
       
          [{Jargon File}]