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Character

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000178

A unit of information that corresponds to a symbol in a written language, such as a letter, digit, punctuation mark, or whitespace. In computing, characters are represented by numerical codes, such as those defined by ASCII or Unicode standards. A single character typically occupies one or more bytes of storage depending on the encoding.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000178
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000178",
  "term": "Character",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A unit of information that corresponds to a symbol in a written language, such as a letter, digit, punctuation mark, or whitespace. In computing, characters are represented by numerical codes, such as those defined by ASCII or Unicode standards. A single character typically occupies one or more bytes of storage depending on the encoding.",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/character/"
}

Record 198 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.