<doc>
	<legacy_id>75</legacy_id>
	<term>single-byte character</term>
	<definition><p>A <keyword tag="character">character</keyword> from a character set that supports 256 <keyword tag="characters">characters</keyword>; an extended-ASCII <keyword tag="character">character</keyword>, as opposed to a <glossary tag="Unicode">Unicode</glossary> <keyword tag="character">character</keyword>.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The numeric equivalent of single-byte <keyword tag="characters">characters</keyword> is between zero and 255, for 256 total <keyword tag="characters">characters</keyword>. 256 is 2^8, so it takes 8 <glossary tag="bit">bits</glossary> (one <glossary tag="byte">byte</glossary>) to store an extended-ASCII <keyword tag="character">character</keyword>.</p></definition>
	<categories>
	 	<category>Text and Data Processing</category>
	</categories>
	<synonyms>
	 	<synonym>single-byte character</synonym>
	 	<synonym>single-byte characters</synonym>
	 	<synonym>single-byte character's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>single-byte characters'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>single-byte</synonym>
	 	<synonym>one-byte character</synonym>
	 	<synonym>one-byte characters</synonym>
	 	<synonym>one-byte character's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>one-byte characters'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>1-byte character</synonym>
	 	<synonym>1-byte characters</synonym>
	 	<synonym>1-byte character's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>1-byte characters'</synonym>
	</synonyms>
</doc>