character set

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

character set
    n 1: an ordered list of characters that are used together in
         writing or printing

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

character set

   <character> 1. A particular mapping between {characters} and
   {byte strings}, i.e. the combination of a particular
   {character encoding} (which maps between byte strings and
   {integers}) and a particular {coded character set} (which maps
   between integers and characters).

   For example: {ASCII} (the ASCII coded character set, encoded
   directly as single-byte values), or {UTF-8} (the Unicode coded
   character set, encoded with an 8-bit transformation method).

   2. Occasionally: a {character repertoire}; or a {coded
   character set}.

   (1998-12-17)