character set - Definition | Dictionary definition of character set

Definition of character set

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

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

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; alphabet
a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language; Armenian, Armenian alphabet
a writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written; Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet
the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe; Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script
a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino); Greek alphabet
the alphabet used by ancient Greeks; Cyrillic, Cyrillic alphabet
an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages); Arabic alphabet
the alphabet of 28 characters derived from Aramaic and used for writing Arabic languages (and borrowed for writing Urdu); phonetic alphabet, sound alphabet
an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech; finger alphabet, manual alphabet
an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions; alphanumeric characters, alphanumerics
a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation

Type of:: list, listing
a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)