double-byte character | |
Type | glossary |
Dictionary | LCS |
Library | LiveCode Script |
Synonyms | double-byte character,double-byte,two-byte character,2-byte character |
Related | Glossary: character, bit, Unicode, byte |
Description | A character from a character set that supports more than 256 characters; a Unicode character. The numeric equivalent of Unicode characters is between zero and 65,535, for 65,536 total characters. 65,536 is 2^16, so it takes 16 bits (two bytes) to store a Unicode character. |
Tags | text processing |