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character set

char·ac·ter set
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kar-ik-ter set]
    • /ˈkær ɪk tər sɛt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kar-ik-ter set]
    • /ˈkær ɪk tər sɛt/

Definitions of character set words

  • noun character set a set of characters to display on a computer screen or be printed out that are all of the same design 3
  • noun character set the numbers, letters, punctuation marks, and special symbols that can be used by a particular device, as a printer, or in a coding method, as ASCII. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of character set (character)   A particular mapping between characters and byte strings, i.e. the combination of a particular character encoding (which maps between byte strings and integers) and a particular coded character set (which maps between integers and characters). For example: ASCII (the ASCII coded character set, encoded directly as single-byte values), or UTF-8 (the Unicode coded character set, encoded with an 8-bit transformation method). The character repertoire is the complete set of all characters in the character set. 1
  • noun character set (computing) The set of characters encoded by a given character encoding. 0
  • noun character set (computing) A set of characters together with a character encoding. 0
See all 5 definitions of character set

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Parts of speech for Character set

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Character set

character set popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 75% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

character set usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for character set

noun character set

  • alphabet — An alphabet is a set of letters usually presented in a fixed order which is used for writing the words of a particular language or group of languages.
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