Character
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A character is any letter, number, space, punctuation mark, or symbol that can be typed on a computer. The word computer, for example, consists of eight characters. The phrase Hi there. takes up nine characters. Each character requires one byte of space, so computer takes up 8 bytes. The list of characters that can be typed is defined by the ASCII and extended ASCII set. Some of the symbols available are pretty strange and may even make you say, Thats quite a character!
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an [interesting] [eccentric] [person]
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n.
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What a person is really like. Their values, personality, and level of [integrity]...when [no ones] looking.
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Ones [moral compass].
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[The true] you when [no one] is around.
see: [integrity]
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An alcoholic (euphemism). Used by local newspapers when reporting the death of [winos]. Usually a character is of no fixed abode, or at least of very limited means.
Respectable dead alcoholics, by contrast, are merely [convivial]; even if they are crazed ranters they would be convivial and [garrulous]. -
an [excuse] that [optimistic] people or friends use in a [last ditch effort] to remain optimistic about something that can only be bad.
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The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.
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1)In some contexts, the title [imaginary friend] might be misleading. In these cases, the term character is uses.
2)An alternative word for imaginary friend, to be used in the presence of [narrow minded] and/or [unimaginative] people. -
Character in Roller skating. The type of edge skated on either inside or outside.
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