Word Character
A "word" character has special meaning in some aspects of computing. A "word character" within ASCII typically means a letter of the alphabet A-Z (upper or lower case), the digits 0 to 9, and the underscore. consists of all letters, no and special symbols ex: 'A', 'm'
It might be dependant on localization and encoding in use. If $ or | are not a word character, 'é' (in french) or 'æ' or 'я' (in russian) or 'ά' (in greek) are, as used in words such as fédération, Αγορά, or Примечания.
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