(idiomatic) A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.

A fictional character in a cartoon.

plural of character class

(computing) A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other action to occur, such as a transition to a new line.

(role-playing games, video games) A character in a role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player.

A complex literary character with fully developed and dynamic traits.

(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.

The branch of abstract algebra dealing with group characters.

(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.