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An alphabet is a standardized set of letters — basic written symbols or graphemes — each of which roughly represents a phoneme in a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in the past. There are other systems, such as logographies, in which each character represents a word, morpheme, or semantic unit, and syllabaries, in which each character represents a syllable. Alphabets are classified according to how they indicate vowels:
The word "alphabet" came into Middle English from the Late Latin word Alphabetum, which in turn originated in the Ancient Greek Αλφάβητος Alphabetos, from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet. Alpha and beta in turn came from the first two letters of the Phoenician alphabet, and meant ox and house respectively. There are dozens of alphabets in use today. Most of them are composed of lines (linear writing); notable exceptions are Braille, fingerspelling, and Morse code. From Wikipedia under the
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Q. I want a string with 5 exactly five characters. How can I find the max combination using the 26 letters of the alphabet? Asked by project96gsr - Sun Sep 20 21:03:27 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Multiply 26 by 26 five times. Answered by unknown - Sun Sep 20 21:12:10 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Alphabet" |
