| Subject | French | English |
| comp. | caractère de changement de code | ESC |
| commun. | caractère de changement de code | escape code |
| IT, tech. | caractère de changement de code | code extension character |
| commun. | caractère de changement de code | control character ESC |
| comp. | caractère de changement de code | escape character |
| IT | caractère de code | shift-in character |
| comp. | caractère de code | code character |
| IT, tech. | caractère de commande de code normal | shift-in character |
| IT, tech. | caractère de commande de code spécial | shift-out character |
| commun., IT | code de caractère | character code |
| comp., MS | code de caractère | code point (A numeric value that corresponds to a particular character in a set) |
| comp., MS | code de caractère | character code (A numeric value that corresponds to a particular character in a set) |
| IT | code de caractères | display symbol code |
| comp. | code de caractères | character code |
| IT, dat.proc. | jeu de caractères codés | coded character set |
| IT, dat.proc. | jeu de caractères codés | code |
| IT | jeu de caractères codés alphabétique | alphabetic coded character set |
| IT | jeu de caractères codés alphanumérique | alphanumeric coded character set |
| IT | jeu de caractères codés numérique | numeric coded character set |
| comp., MS | jeu de caractères codés sur deux octets | double byte character set (A character set that can use more than one byte to represent a single character. A DBCS includes some characters that consist of 1 byte and some characters that consist of 2 bytes. Languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean use DBCS) |
| comp., MS | jeu de caractères codés sur deux octets | double-byte character set (A character set that can use more than one byte to represent a single character. A DBCS includes some characters that consist of 1 byte and some characters that consist of 2 bytes. Languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean use DBCS) |
| comp., MS | jeu de caractères codés sur un octet | single-byte character set (A character encoding in which each character is represented by 1 byte. Single byte character sets are mathematically limited to 256 characters) |
| IT, social.sc., industr. | Jeu universel de caractères codés à plusieurs octets | Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set |
| commun. | matrice de caractère convertie en codes dans une mémoire électronique | matrix characters converted to a memory of electronic signals |
| construct. | nombre de caractères en combinaison codée | code word length |