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character

A single alphabetic letter, numeric digit, or special symbol such as a decimal point or comma. A character is equivalent to a byte; for example, 50,000 characters take up 50,000 bytes. The word "character" itself takes up nine bytes. See character based.


character
1. a person represented in a play, film, story, etc.; role
2. Computing any letter, numeral, etc., which is a unit of information and can be represented uniquely by a binary pattern
3. Genetics any structure, function, attribute, etc., in an organism, which may or may not be determined by a gene or group of genes
4. a short prose sketch of a distinctive type of person, usually representing a vice or virtue

(character)character - An atom in a character repertoire.

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