abstract:In computing, Punycode is an instance of a general encoding syntax (Bootstring) by which a string of Unicode characters is transformed uniquely and reversibly into a smaller, restricted character set.
Almostanycomputermanufactured in thepast10years with anyoldprocessorandpunyamountof RAM shouldprovideplentyofpowerforbuilding and using the codedescribed here.
In the meantime, most of the 11.1 million boxes deployed by the major cable companies have puny, 33-megahertz processors too slow for the code-heavy TV Guide Interactive to easily add video-on-demand and the like.