(role-playing games) One of a number of pre-determined groups into which characters in role-playing games are grouped, based on the focus of their skills.

In fictional television or other episodic media, a character who becomes the most popular, talked about, and imitated, helping to establish the narrative's popularity.

(computing, telecommunications) A single metacharacter, usually a control code, which in a sequence of characters signifies that what is to follow takes an alternative interpretation. The term escape sequence refers to the escape character and the subsequent character or characters so modified.

The branch of abstract algebra dealing with group characters.

A supporting actor who specializes in playing eccentric or unusual roles.

(writing, theater, film) A stock character, especially one that is overused.

plural of character set

plural of character encoding

A statement concerning the character of a person, typically for submission during a job application or court proceeding.

(computing) The imaginary rectangle that delineates the boundaries of a text character.