character

  1. Any letter, digit, symbol, or control sequence that can be represented by the ASCII character set.

See also ASCII, blank space, control character, escape character, printable character.

  1. The character data types are CHAR and VARCHAR (and in some contexts, a TEXT variable).

See also blob, data type, string, string operators, subscript.

  1. What a single keystroke, control character, or escape sequence produces that the program, operating system, or output device treats as a single unit.

See also activation key, logical key, operating system.

  1. A character terminal is a display device that is line-oriented and therefore does not support a graphical user interface (GUI).

See also terminal, workstation.