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zigamorph


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 +UFFFF
   (1111111111111111), a character code which is not assigned to any
   character, and so is usable as end-of-string.  (Unicode (a subset
   of ISO 10646) is a 16-bit character code intended to cover all of
   the world's writing systems, including Roman, Greek, Cyrillic,
   Chinese, hiragana, katakana, Devanagari, Easter Island
   `rongo-rongo', and even Elvish.)