character data type

character data type

[′kar·ik·tər ′dad·ə ‚tīp]
(computer science)
A scalar data type which provides an internal representation of printable characters.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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