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Tech/Engineering - Computers (general) | | English term or phrase: 2-byte character | | 2-byte character is not usable for Machine Code. |
| | | caractère à 2 octets | Explanation:
Un "bit" est une unité binaire (un chiffre)
Un "byte" est un "mot" à 8 bits. |
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5 mins confidence:  | 2-byte character > caractère binaire ? caractères à double octet
Explanation:
Certain languages like Japanese have a vast number of different characters that exceed what it's possible to hold in a single-byte character set because of the limit of 256 combinations for 8 bit. In a 2-byte character set, the number of combinations is 256x256.
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| May 5, 2010 - Changes made by Tony M: | | Edited KOG entry | Céline NORMIER's old entry - "2-byte character > caractère binaire ?" => "caractère à 2 octets" | | May 5, 2010 - Changes made by Tony M: | | Term asked | 2-byte character > caractère binaire ? => 2-byte character |
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