Computing Dictionary
character set definition
character 1. 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).
2. Occasionally: a
character repertoire; or a
coded character set.
(1998-12-17)