Double-Byte Character Set

Double-Byte Character Set (DBCS) uses 2 bytes for each character. DBCS are commonly used by national languages, such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean, which have more symbols than can be represented by a single byte.

See also:
 * Multi-Byte Character Set (MBCS)
 * Single-Byte Character Set (SBCS)

Articles

 * DBCS Enabling of Applications
 * DBCS Video Driver Support