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ENCODAGE MULTI-OCTET [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2020-12-11
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Computer Programs and Programming
- Information Processing (Informatics)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- multi-byte encoding
1, record 1, English, multi%2Dbyte%20encoding
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The byte-oriented characters are encoded in one or more 8 bit bytes. A typical single-byte encoding is ASCII [American Standard Code for Information Interchange] as used for western European languages like English. A typical multi-byte encoding which uses from one to three 8 bit bytes for each character is eucJP (extended Unix code - Japan, packed format) as used for Japanese workstations. 1, record 1, English, - multi%2Dbyte%20encoding
Record 1, Key term(s)
- multibyte encoding
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
- Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- encodage multi-octet
1, record 1, French, encodage%20multi%2Doctet
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Key term(s)
- encodage multioctet
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Programas y programación (Informática)
- Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- codificación multi-byte
1, record 1, Spanish, codificaci%C3%B3n%20multi%2Dbyte
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- codificación multibyte 2, record 1, Spanish, codificaci%C3%B3n%20multibyte
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2019-09-19
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Programming Languages
- Computer Programs and Programming
- Information Processing (Informatics)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- multibyte
1, record 2, English, multibyte
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- multi-byte 2, record 2, English, multi%2Dbyte
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 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. 2, record 2, English, - multibyte
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR
multi-byte character set, multi-byte encoding, multi-byte string 3, record 2, English, - multibyte
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 PHR
multibyte string 3, record 2, English, - multibyte
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Langages de programmation
- Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
- Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- multioctet
1, record 2, French, multioctet
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- multi-octet 1, record 2, French, multi%2Doctet
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR
page de codes multi-octet, chaîne multi-octet, encodage multi-octet 1, record 2, French, - multioctet
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Lenguaje de programación
- Programas y programación (Informática)
- Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- multibyte
1, record 2, Spanish, multibyte
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR
codificaciones multibyte, juego de caracteres multibyte 1, record 2, Spanish, - multibyte
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