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The organization that looks after the behind the Internet has included an 250 characters in its most recent . All of the characters we see in our Internet , whether they be letters, numbers or symbols, all have a special code so the browser knows what to show . The system is called Unicode and makes sure that whatever the browser or world , the characters look as they should. The new "emoji" include many characters used on phones in SMS and text . People who make websites and Internet users can now make their pages look with symbols that include a smiling face, a spider, a thumbs up, a dove of , and many more.

"Emoji" were developed in Japan for use on Japanese mobile phones. The in Japanese is for “picture-writing character". They quickly became popular around the world, among younger people. It could be a before we can start using the new "emoji" on our cellphones. For that to happen, the big phone makers and companies, like Apple, Samsung, Nokia, etc. will have to update their and provide updates for . There is still a way to go, however, before the "emoji" are from all cultures. They are currently biased towards Americans and Europeans, including things like a signal from the U.S. TV Star Trek.

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