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character set

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noun

Computers.
  1. the numbers, letters, punctuation marks, and special symbols that can be used by a particular device, as a printer, or in a coding method, as ASCII.


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His genuine grasp on the emotional struggles of the character set him apart from the many actors in consideration.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2023

Each feature is, in effect, a double portrait: of the writer at work on the story and of a charismatic, elusive central character, set against a busy backdrop of mayhem and intrigue.

From New York Times Oct. 20, 2021

Lee, who helped shepherd this proposal, runs the emoji advocacy group Emojination and has now helped to realize more than 100 new emoji, focusing on emoji that make the character set more inclusive.

From Slate May 2, 2019

"I was keen to fill out the cast with relative unknowns," says Roberts, of the Transformers character set.

From BBC Nov. 10, 2018

JIS —- A Japanese industry standard code for presenting the Japanese character set Kanji on computers.

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd

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