coded character set

coded character set

   <character, standard> A mapping from a set of {integers} to a
   set of {characters}.  This mapping is generally 1:1 (i.e.,
   {bijective}), for example, the code position 65 in {ASCII}
   maps only to "A", and it's the only position that maps to "A".

   There are several standard coded character sets, the most
   widely used is {ASCII}, generally in its {Latin-1} dialect,
   with {Unicode} becoming slowly more common; while {EBCDIC} and
   {Baudot} are extinct except in {legacy systems}.

   A coded character set may include letters, digits,
   punctuation, {control codes}, various mathematical and
   typographic symbols, and other characters.  Each character in
   the set is represented by a unique character code (or "{code
   position}").

   (1998-10-18)