Synonyms for code page

Definition of code page:

A code page is a character encoding standard used by computers to represent text. It defines a specific mapping between numeric values (codes) and the characters displayed on screen or printed. Different code pages were developed to support various languages, character sets, and symbols, especially for non-Latin scripts. For example, one code page might support Western European languages, while another is designed for Cyrillic or Greek characters. Modern computing largely uses Unicode, which aims to provide a single, universal character encoding system, making the reliance on specific legacy code pages less common.