[W/K] :: character set

  character set
       n : an ordered list of characters that are used together in
           writing or printing

  character set
       
           1. A particular mapping between characters and
          byte strings, i.e. the combination of a particular
          character encoding (which maps between byte strings and
          integers) and a particular coded character set (which maps
          between integers and characters).
       
          For example: ASCII (the ASCII coded character set, encoded
          directly as single-byte values), or UTF-8 (the Unicode coded
          character set, encoded with an 8-bit transformation method).
       
          2. Occasionally: a character repertoire; or a coded
          character set.
       
          (1998-12-17)