A wide character is a computer character datatype that generally has a size greater than the traditional 8-bit character. The increased datatype size allows for the use of larger coded character sets.
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Famous quotes containing the words wide and/or character:
“The voices of that hearth are still;
Look where we may, the wide earth o’er,
Those lighted faces smile no more.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
“A man’s character is his fate.”
—Heraclitus (c. 535–c. 475 BC)