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