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Definition:

A finite set, the members of which are called symbols[?] and are used to build strings.

Generalizations:

• whole of parts[?]
• finite set[?]

Specializations:

by number of symbols

• unary alphabet[?]
  
• binary alphabet[?]
  
• decimal alphabet[?]
  

representations of symbols

• phonetic alphabet (symbols are associated to phones)
  
• visual alphabet (symbols have visual representations)
  

use for symbols

• ideogrammatic alphabet[?] (symbols are associated to ideas)

use for strings

• number system alphabet (strings represent numbers)
• word alphabet[?] (strings represent ideas)

structure

• ordered alphabet[?] (an order is defined for the symbols)

Involved in:

• string

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