character code

ˈkærɪktər koʊd

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Definition of character code - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

technology

TECH.

machine-readable code identifying a specific character

TECH.

The character code for 'A' is 65 in ASCII.

character encoding

character set

computing

TECH.

set of codes representing characters in digital systems

TECH.

Unicode provides a unique character code for every character.

character set

encoding

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code point

encoding

number that stands for a character in a code system

shift

technology

control code or character in computing

Examples of character code in a sentence

Programmers often work with character codes.
The software uses a specific character code to display emojis.
ASCII is a widely used character code in computers.

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French:code de caractère, représentation de caractère, ...
German:Zeichencode, Zeichensatz, ...
Italian:codice carattere, codice di carattere, ...
Spanish:código de carácter, código de caracteres, ...
Portuguese:código de caractere, código de caracteres, ...
Chinese:字符代码, 字符码, ...
Japanese:文字コード, キャラクターコード, ...
Arabic:رَمْز الحَرْف, رمز حرف, ...
Hebrew:קוֹד תָּו, קוֹד תָּוִים, ...
Russian:код символа, символьный код, ...
Ukrainian:код символу, кодовий символ, ...
Hindi:अक्षर कोड, ...
Bengali:অক্ষর কোড, ...
Catalan:codi de caràcter, ...
Czech:kód znaku, ...
Danish:tegnkode, ...
Dutch:tekencode, tekenreeks, ...
Greek:κωδικός χαρακτήρα, κωδικός συμβόλου, ...
Hungarian:karakterkód, karakterkészlet, ...
Khmer:កូដតួអក្សរ, ...
Korean:문자 코드, 코드 집합, ...
Persian:کد کاراکتر, ...
Polish:kod znaku, ...
Portuguese (BR):código de caractere, ...
Romanian:cod de caracter, codificare de caractere, ...
Swedish:teckenkod, kod för tecken, ...
Thai:รหัสอักขระ, รหัสตัวอักษร, ...
Turkish:karakter kodu, ...
Vietnamese:mã ký tự, ...

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