- character
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an indivisible unit of information
- c. set
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a vague term
- c. repertoire
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the set of allowed characters (in a document, etc.)
- c. encoding
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a function from bit/byte sequences to characters
- "charset"
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a parameter in some Internet protocols, gives repertoire +
encoding
- glyph
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an image representing one or more characters
- font
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a set of glyphs and a function from a sequence of characters (!) to
a sequence of glyphs