uncial
Roman script capital letters which were written with a reed pen on parchment; used, for example, in the Codex Sinaiticus
Unicode
internationally standardised encoding of meaning-bearing characters or text elements for all fonts and character systems
uniform resource locator (URL)
indicator of an available source on the internet
union catalogues
catalogues of library networks which document the division of labour in the cataloguing of stocks
Universal Copyright Convention (UCC)
worldwide agreement concluded in 1952 for the protection of intellectual property
universal language
universal symbols that could represent the characteristics all things and their relationships as searched for by GW Leibniz
universal library
library which in contrast to more specialised collections houses media from all fields
university
originating in the 12th Century, teaching and research facilities which are operated as a communities of teachers and learners
untrimmed size
for processing large uncut materials, which are then cut to the finished format during further processing
upper case
in contrast to the medieval script, figures which have no ascenders or descenders and are located on the baseline of the font
Upper Paleolithic Period
the later period of the Eurasian Old Stone Age (approx. 40,000 to 9,600 BC)
usability
usability or suitability for use (including media and software)
