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The organization that controls the for Internet has added 250 characters in its recent . All of the letters, numbers or symbols we see have a special code. Internet browsers read this code and know what to show . The system is called Unicode. It makes sure look the way they should look. The new "emoji" include many characters used in SMS and messages. People can now make -looking websites using new symbols that include a face, a spider, a thumbs up, a dove of , and many more.

"Emoji" were developed in Japan for mobile phones. "Emoji" in Japanese is for “picture-writing character". They became popular worldwide, among younger people. The big phone and software companies, like Apple, Samsung, Nokia, etc. will now have to update their . They then have to provide so we can use the "emoji". The new "emoji" are not from all . They are for Americans and Europeans. They include like a hand signal from the U.S. TV Star Trek.

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