<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
uconv	B-Device
is	O
a	O
command-line	O
tool	O
that	O
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
International	B-Application
Components	I-Application
for	I-Application
Unicode	I-Application
that	O
converts	O
text	O
files	O
between	O
different	O
character	B-General_Concept
encodings	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
iconv	B-Language
command	O
that	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Single	O
UNIX	O
Specification	O
which	O
is	O
usually	O
implemented	O
using	O
libiconv	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	O
uconv	B-Device
can	O
also	O
convert	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
various	O
Unicode	O
normalization	O
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
an	O
alternative	O
implementation	O
written	O
in	O
Ruby	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
to	O
supplement	O
support	O
of	O
Japanese	O
encoding	O
in	O
Ruby	B-Language
's	O
XML	O
Parser	O
.	O
</s>
