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Double-Byte Character Set

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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)