What does "code point" mean?

A numerical offset in a character set, etc., as opposed to a displayed grapheme or character, which can be composed of several code points.

What is a synonym for "code point"?

Common synonyms include: chars, non greek letter symbol.

noun

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Noun

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A numerical offset in a character set, etc., as opposed to a displayed grapheme or character, which can be composed of several code points.
"In UTF-8, the number of bytes used to write a character to a file depends on the Unicode code point."

"In UTF-8, the number of bytes used to write a character to a file depends on the Unicode code point."