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character encoding unit
Category Syntax
Subject Cobol
A unit of data that corresponds to one code point in a coded character set. One or more character encoding units are used to represent a character in a coded character set. Also known as encoding unit.
  • For USAGE NATIONAL, a character encoding unit corresponds to one 2-byte code point of UTF-16.
  • For USAGE DISPLAY, a character encoding unit corresponds to a byte.
  • For USAGE DISPLAY-1, a character encoding unit corresponds to a 2-byte code point in the DBCS character set.