character set

noun

The set of characters encoded by a given character encoding.

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Meanings

nouncharacter set (plural character sets)

plural character sets

  1. computingThe set of characters encoded by a given character encoding.

    In conventional mathematics terminology then, a "character set" is not just a set of characters, but a function whose domain is a set of integers, and whose range is a set of characters.

    1995 May 2, Dan Connolly, “Character Set Considered Harmful, Internet Draft”, in HTML Working Group
  2. computingA set of characters together with a character encoding.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 字符集
  • 字符集 (zìfújí)set of characters in a character encoding
Danish tegnsæt, tegntabel
  • tegnsætset of characters in a character encoding
  • tegntabelset of characters in a character encoding
Esperanto alfabeto, signaro
  • alfabetoset of characters in a character encoding
  • signaroset of characters in a character encoding
Estonian märgistik, märgirühm
  • märgistikset of characters in a character encoding
  • märgirühmset of characters in a character encoding
Finnish merkistö
  • merkistöset of characters in a character encoding
French jeu de caractères
  • jeu de caractèresset of characters in a character encoding
German Zeichensatz
  • Zeichensatzset of characters in a character encoding
Hungarian karakterkészlet
  • karakterkészletset of characters in a character encoding
Icelandic stafasett, stafatafla
  • stafasettset of characters in a character encoding
  • stafataflaset of characters in a character encoding
Irish tacar carachtar
  • tacar carachtarset of characters in a character encoding
Norwegian Bokmål tegnsett
  • tegnsettset of characters in a character encoding
Polish zestaw znaków
  • zestaw znakówset of characters in a character encoding
Portuguese conjunto de caracteres
  • conjunto de caracteresset of characters in a character encoding
Russian набо́р си́мволов
  • набо́р си́мволов (nabór símvolov)set of characters in a character encoding
Swedish teckenuppsättning
  • teckenuppsättningset of characters in a character encoding
Vietnamese bảng mã, bảng mã ký tự
  • bảng mãset of characters in a character encoding
  • bảng mã ký tựset of characters in a character encoding
  • bảng mã kí tựset of characters in a character encoding
  • bộ mãset of characters in a character encoding
  • bộ mã ký tựset of characters in a character encoding
  • bộ mã kí tựset of characters in a character encoding
Cite this entry
APA

character set. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/character%20set

MLA

“character set.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/character%20set. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “character set,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/character%20set.

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