CHARACTER SET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does character set mean? 

• CHARACTER SET (noun)
  The noun CHARACTER SET has 1 sense:

1. an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing

  Familiarity information: CHARACTER SET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHARACTER SET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("character set" is a kind of...):

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "character set"):

alphabet (a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language)

alphanumeric characters; alphanumerics (a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation)

Instance hyponyms:

ASCII character set ((computer science) 128 characters that make up the ASCII coding scheme)

 Context examples 

A character set that includes letters and is used to write a language.

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