code point

code point noun: a numerical offset in a character set, etc., as opposed to a displayed grapheme or character, which can be composed of several code points.

Noun

code point (plural code points)

(especially Unicode) A numerical offset in a character set, etc., as opposed to a displayed grapheme or character, which can be composed of several code points.
- In UTF-8, the number of bytes used to write a character to a file depends on the Unicode code point.
- A code point is one entry in the Unicode character database. A code point is not the same as a character, depending on the meaning you give to “character.” What appears as a character on screen is called a grapheme in Unicode.2009, Jan Goyvaerts, Steven Levithan, Regular Expressions Cookbook, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 45
Synonyms:

code position

code point meaning in Vietnamese

code point in Vietnamese

numerical offset in a character set: điểm mã, mã số

Synonyms of code point

code position

Forms of code point

plural	code points
alternative form	codepoint

Questions about code point

What does code point mean?: Code point means a numerical offset in a character set, etc., as opposed to a displayed grapheme or character, which can be composed of several code points.
What is code point in Vietnamese?: Code point in Vietnamese is điểm mã, mã số. See Code point meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is code point?: Code point is a noun.
What is the plural of code point?: The plural of code point is code points.

Words near code point in the dictionary

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