1. A finite
set of different characters that is complete for a given purpose. (
188 )
Note: A
character set may or may not include punctuation marks or other symbols.
2. An ordered set of unique representations. (
188 )
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 Recommendation V.3 and
ISO 646.