chars
Blackens with heat
Chars is the plural of char, which has several unrelated meanings.
Charred remains are chars.
A charwoman—a British term for a cleaning lady—is a char, so chars may clean your house.
Char is also a fish related to trout and salmon: Arctic chars.
In computing, chars are individual characters in a string of text.
Prone to fluctuation
- stringSlender fiber or character sequence
- byteDigital information unit
- ASCIIElectronic character encoding standard
- escapeFlight from captivity
concatenate · substring · parsing · delimiter · buffer · array · index · length
Symbol for "and"
- asteriskTypographical reference mark
- hashChopped mixture, cooked together
- at-signEmail address divider
- percentRate per hundred
caret · tilde · underscore · slash · backslash · pipe · colon · semicolon
Character style set
- glyphVisual form of character
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
- typefaceLettering style design
kerning · leading · tracking · ligature · typeset · monospace · em · letterform
Digital cheerful expression
- emojiDigital pictograph for messaging
- kaomojiJapanese text-based faces
- faceHead's anterior surface
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
Language's letter system
Ancient Egyptian picture-writing symbol
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- runeAncient Germanic letter
- pictogramSymbol using visual likeness
- ideogramSymbol representing concept directly
logogram · petroglyph · inscription · tablet · stele · cartouche · demotic · Phoenician
variable
Prone to fluctuation
- stringSlender fiber or character sequence
- byteDigital information unit
- ASCIIElectronic character encoding standard
escape · concatenate · substring · parsing · delimiter · buffer · array · index · length · null
ampersand
Symbol for "and"
- asteriskTypographical reference mark
- hashChopped mixture, cooked together
- at-signEmail address divider
percent · caret · tilde · underscore · slash · backslash · pipe · colon · semicolon · bracket
font
Character style set
- glyphVisual form of character
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
typeface · kerning · leading · tracking · ligature · typeset · monospace · em · letterform · baseline
smiley
Digital cheerful expression
expression · wink · grin · frown · shrug · reaction · sideways · XD
alphabet
Language's letter system
consonant · A · B · C · Z · initial · capital · minuscule · majuscule · diacritical
hieroglyph
Ancient Egyptian picture-writing symbol
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- runeAncient Germanic letter
- pictogramSymbol using visual likeness
ideogram · logogram · petroglyph · inscription · tablet · stele · cartouche · demotic · Phoenician · Sumerian
- River Islandsriver islands
charsincinerates
Burns something completely
extinguishes · douses · quenches · preserves · cremates
- main characterStory's central figure
- cartoon characterDrawn entertainment figure
- out of characterContrary to typical behavior
- charcoal grillBriquette-fueled outdoor cooker
- character studyWork examining personality
- build characterDevelop moral strength
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