character cell

character cell

[′kar·ik·tər ‚sel]
(computer science)
A matrix of dots that is used to form a single character on a printer or display screen.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
* Uses the correct Unicode or UTF-8 character cell assignments when extracting text
This way you can avoid problems due to software constraints like length of field, GUI vs character cell, and/or differing types of data.