<doc>
	<legacy_id>86</legacy_id>
	<term>double-byte character</term>
	<definition><p>A <keyword tag="character">character</keyword> from a character set that supports more than 256 characters; a <glossary tag="Unicode">Unicode</glossary> <keyword tag="character">character</keyword>.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The numeric equivalent of Unicode characters is between zero and 65,535, for 65,536 total characters. 65,536 is 2^16, so it takes 16 <glossary tag="bit">bits</glossary> (two <glossary tag="byte">bytes</glossary>) to store a <glossary tag="Unicode">Unicode</glossary> <keyword tag="character">character</keyword>.</p></definition>
	<categories>
	 	<category>Text and Data Processing</category>
	</categories>
	<synonyms>
	 	<synonym>double-byte character</synonym>
	 	<synonym>double-byte characters</synonym>
	 	<synonym>double-byte character's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>double-byte characters'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>double-byte</synonym>
	 	<synonym>two-byte character</synonym>
	 	<synonym>two-byte characters</synonym>
	 	<synonym>two-byte character's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>two-byte characters'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>2-byte character</synonym>
	 	<synonym>2-byte characters</synonym>
	 	<synonym>2-byte character's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>2-byte characters'</synonym>
	</synonyms>
</doc>