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MULTI-BYTE [1 record]

Record 1 2019-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

Multi-byte ... means two or more bytes. When we assign character codes to all characters for a specific language (or a group of languages), one byte (8 bits) can represent 256 different characters. Two bytes (16 bits) can represent up to 65,536 different characters. However, two bytes are still not enough to represent all the characters for many languages. We use 3 bytes or 4 bytes for those characters.

PHR

multi-byte character set, multi-byte encoding, multi-byte string

PHR

multibyte string

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
PHR

page de codes multi-octet, chaîne multi-octet, encodage multi-octet

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje de programación
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
PHR

codificaciones multibyte, juego de caracteres multibyte

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