🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

모호한 문자

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mo-ho-han mun-ja

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ambiguous-character/æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs ˈkær.ɪk.tər/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이 비밀번호는 모호한 문자를 포함하고 있습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A typographic symbol, letter, or glyph that can be visually confused with another, often posing security risks in programming or reading.

    "The lowercase letter l and the numeral 1 are classic examples of an ambiguous-character set in many fonts."
  2. 2

    In genetics and bioinformatics, a character code representing multiple possible nucleotide bases at a single position.

    "The alignment software flagged several ambiguous-characters within the sequenced DNA strands."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'ambiguus' (doubtful, shifting) combined with 'character' from the Greek 'kharaktēr' (engraved mark). In modern computing and typography, it has evolved to describe symbols, letters, or glyphs that can be easily confused with one another due to visual similarity.

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