codepoint

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English

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Etymology

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From code +‎ point.

Noun

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codepoint (plural codepoints)

  1. Alternative spelling of code point
    • 1992 June, chapter 7, in 3270 Information Display System: Data Stream Programmer's Reference, Eight edition, International Business Machines Corporation, page 8:
      The following table shows the relationship of the magnetic stripe code to the codepoint that the display generates. This relationship is independent of the graphic character set supported by the attaching display. For example, the same codepoint is generated for the U.S. EBCDIC character set displays as would be generated for a German character-set display.