"code point" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: code points [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} code point (plural code points)
  1. (computing, 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. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: code position, codepoint Related terms: codespace, combining character, combining mark, grapheme, grapheme cluster Translations (numerical offset in a character set): 碼點 (Chinese Mandarin), 码点 (mǎdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), kodono (Esperanto), kodvorto (Esperanto), signonumero (Esperanto), koodipaikka (Finnish), point de code [masculine] (French), Codepoint [masculine] (German), Codepunkt [masculine] (German), điểm mã (Vietnamese), mã số (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "numerical offset in a character set",
      "word": "điểm mã"
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