character set

American  

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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Example Sentences

We can surmise that this is likely to be a pop-culture-literate take on Dungeons & Dragons, that feeds into the game’s retro roots and perhaps even features players among its character set.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2019

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

Some of the reviews thus far have been mixed, questioning the use of what are essentially character set pieces as opposed to a more propulsive narrative we’re accustomed to with gangster films.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2015

Also, in BBS-land, the term `ANSI' is    often used to imply that a particular computer uses or can emulate    the IBM high-half character set from MS-DOS.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.