English
Noun
character set
- computing The set of characters encoded by a given character encoding.
- computing A set of characters together with a character encoding.
Related terms
character encoding
Translations
Chinese: å�符é�� (zìfújÃ)
Finnish: merkistö
Estonian: märgistik
mid
Portuguese: conjunto de caracteres m
Quotations
"In conventional mathematics terminology then, a "character set" is not just a set of characters, but a function whose domain is a set of integers, and whose range is a set of characters." - D. Connolly, Character Set Considered Harmful, Internet Draft
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