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CHARACTER SET
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I. (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)
