"character encoding" meaning in English

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        "A well-defined correspondence between text characters and the numeric values used to represent them."
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          "character",
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        "(computing) A well-defined correspondence between text characters and the numeric values used to represent them."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "biānmǎ",
          "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
          "word": "編碼 /编码"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
          "word": "merkistökoodaus"
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          "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Zeichenkodierung"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "roman": "kodikopoíisi charaktíron",
          "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
          "word": "κωδικοποίηση χαρακτήρων"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
          "word": "karakterkódolás"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zestaw znaków"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "character encoding"
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        "(computing) A well-defined correspondence between text characters and the numeric values used to represent them."
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "roman": "biānmǎ",
      "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
      "word": "編碼 /编码"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
      "word": "merkistökoodaus"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
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      "lang_code": "de",
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "kodikopoíisi charaktíron",
      "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
      "word": "κωδικοποίηση χαρακτήρων"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
      "word": "karakterkódolás"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
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      "sense": "well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values",
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      "word": "zestaw znaków"
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  "word": "character encoding"
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