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.

(computing) capable of displaying only text characters or having a text-based user interface

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

plural of character set

(computing) A standard carriage control character added to the start of each line of text to be printed on a line printer

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