character set

1. 1.

   an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing

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   NarrowerASCII character setalphabetalphanumerics

Questions about character set

What does character set mean?

character set means "an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing".

Is character set a common word?

character set is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.