Character Set (Noun)
Meaning
An ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The character set used in the document included all the standard ASCII characters plus several special symbols.
- The printer was set to use the Latin-1 character set, which included characters from many European languages.
- The programming language required a specific character set to be used in all variable names.
- The font included a full character set of Cyrillic letters, allowing users to type in Russian and other languages.
- The computer's default character set was changed to UTF-8 to accommodate the international nature of the website.