widecharacterset

noun

UK /waɪd ˈkærəktə sɛt/

US /waɪd ˈkærəktər sɛt/

A wide character set is a big list of letters and symbols from many languages that a computer can show.

The app uses a wide character set so it can display names written in Chinese, Arabic, and Russian.

SYNONYMS

Unicode character set multilingual character set universal character set extended character set

RELATED WORDS

encoding Unicode code point font localization

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A character encoding that uses more than one byte for each character.

The old system could not read the wide character set file.

3. The full range of characters supported by a particular program or standard.

This text editor has a wide character set, including emoji and math symbols.

4. A set of characters covering many scripts and writing systems.

International websites rely on a wide character set to reach global users.