Definition of Sinhala Unicode

With the introduction of microcomputers in the early eighties, Sri Lanka too embarked on the use of computers with local language input and output. The University of Colombo developed a Sinhala screen output for television displays and went on to provide election result displays in the three languages Sinhala, Tamil and English within a few years. However, the requirement for a standard code was identified and steps were taken by the Computer and Information Technology Council of Sri Lanka (CINTEC) to establish a committee for the use of Sinhala & Tamil in Computer Technology in 1985, soon after its inception.