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code unit
The unit of encoded text for processing and interchange. The size of the code unit varies depending on the character encoding scheme. In most character encodings, a code unit is 1 byte. Important exceptions are UTF-16 and UCS-2, which use 2-byte code units, and wide character, which uses 4 bytes.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Software
- Category: Database applications
- Company: Oracle
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