CODED CHARACTER SET
\kˈə͡ʊdɪd kˈaɹɪktə sˈɛt], \kˈəʊdɪd kˈaɹɪktə sˈɛt], \k_ˈəʊ_d_ɪ_d k_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_k_t_ə s_ˈɛ_t]\
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A mapping, generally 1:1, from a set ofintegers, known as character codes or code positions, toa set of characters that may include letters, digits,punctuation, control codes, mathematical and typographicsymbols.There are several standard coded character sets, the mostwidely used is ASCII, generally in its Latin-1 dialect,with Unicode becoming slowly more common; while EBCDIC andBaudot are extinct except in legacy systems.
By Denis Howe
