character set
noun1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The set of characters encoded by a given character encoding.
- 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.1995 May 2, Dan Connolly, “Character Set Considered Harmful, Internet Draft”, in HTML Working Group:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A set of characters together with a character encoding.
- Related terms
- charset, character encoding, repertoire, DRCS, UCS