code point

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code point

noun code points · codepoint

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.
Similar: code position

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noun numerical offset in a character set

中文	碼點 /码点 mǎdiǎn
Français	point de code
Deutsch	Codepoint, Codepunkt
Tiếng Việt	điểm mã, mã số

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@misc{code_point_2026,
  title = {code point},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/code%20point},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}