international character set

noun
UK /ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.ən.əl ˈkær.ək.tə set/
US /ˌɪn.tɚˈnæʃ.ən.əl ˈker.ək.tɚ set/

A group of letters, numbers, and symbols that lets computers show words from many languages.

The website uses an international character set so it can display names in Chinese, Arabic, and Russian.

SYNONYMS

universal character setmultilingual character setglobal character encodingworld character set

RELATED WORDS

Unicodeencodingcharacter encodingcode pageUTF-8

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A standard list of characters shared across different countries and computer systems.

Programmers agreed on an international character set to avoid garbled text.

3. A collection of symbols that includes letters with accents and non-Latin scripts.

The printer supports an international character set, so it can print French and Greek text.

4. A set of characters designed to work the same way in every country.

The old software lacked an international character set and could only show English letters.