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Character set Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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character set
<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)
<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)
| DW and OLAP terms |
character set
A character set determines the types of characters that SQL Server recognizes in the char , varchar , and text data types. Each character set is a set of 256 letters, digits, and symbols specific to a country or language. The printable characters of the first 128 values are the same for all character sets. The last 128 characters, sometimes referred to as extended characters, are unique to each character set. A character set is related to, but separate from, Unicode characters.
A character set determines the types of characters that SQL Server recognizes in the char , varchar , and text data types. Each character set is a set of 256 letters, digits, and symbols specific to a country or language. The printable characters of the first 128 values are the same for all character sets. The last 128 characters, sometimes referred to as extended characters, are unique to each character set. A character set is related to, but separate from, Unicode characters.
Character set Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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character set
Noun
1. an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing
(hypernym) list, listing
(hyponym) ASCII character set
Noun
1. an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing
(hypernym) list, listing
(hyponym) ASCII character set
| hEnglish - advanced version |
character set
character set
n : an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing
character set
n : an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing
Character set Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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character set
1. A finite set of different characters that is complete for a given purpose. (188 ) Note: A character set may or may not include punctuation marks or other symbols. 2. An ordered set of unique representations. (188 ) Note: Examples of character sets include the 26 letters of the English alphabet, Boolean characters 0 and 1, the 128 ASCII characters, and International Telegraph Alphabet 5 (ITA-5), published as CCITT Recommendation V.3 and ISO 646.
1. A finite set of different characters that is complete for a given purpose. (188 ) Note: A character set may or may not include punctuation marks or other symbols. 2. An ordered set of unique representations. (188 ) Note: Examples of character sets include the 26 letters of the English alphabet, Boolean characters 0 and 1, the 128 ASCII characters, and International Telegraph Alphabet 5 (ITA-5), published as CCITT Recommendation V.3 and ISO 646.
Character set Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Character encoding
A character encoding consists of a code that pairs a sequence of characters from a given character set (sometimes referred to as code page) with something else, such as a sequence of natural numbers, octets or electrical pulses, in order to facilitate the storage of text in computers and the transmission of text through telecommunication networks. Common examples include Morse code, which encodes letters of the Latin alphabet as series of long and short depressions of a telegraph key; and ASCII, which encodes letters, numerals, and other symbols, both as integers and as 7-bit binary versions of those integers, generally extended with an extra zero-bit to facilitate storage in 8-bit bytes (octets).
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