character set

A grouping of alphabetic, numeric, and other characters that have some relationship in common. For example, the standard ASCII character set includes letters, numbers, symbols, and control codes that make up the ASCII coding scheme. See also code page.

A set of binary codes that represent specific text characters.

A finite set of different characters that is complete for a given purpose. Note: A character set may or may not include punctuation marks or other symbols. 2. An ordered set of unique representations. Note: Examples of character sets include the 26 letters of the English alphabet, Boolean characters 0 and 1, the 128 ASCII characters, and International Telegraph Alphabet 5 (ITA-5), published as CCITT (ITU-T) Recommendation V.3 and ISO 646.