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Alphanumeric vs Fullwidth - What's the difference?

alphanumeric | fullwidth |

As adjectives the difference between alphanumeric and fullwidth

is that alphanumeric is consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters a to z (lowercase and uppercase) and while fullwidth is (computing|typography|of certain characters) occupying two columns on a traditional text display such as kanji, as opposed to halfwidth occupying only one column such as alphanumeric letters some characters have both forms: for example katakana ka has the fullwidth.

As a noun alphanumeric

is an alphanumeric character.

alphanumeric

English

(wikipedia alphanumeric)

Adjective

(-)
  • consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and
  • consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alphanumeric character

    • fullwidth

    English

    (Fullwidth form)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (computing, typography, of certain characters) Occupying two columns on a traditional text display such as kanji, as opposed to halfwidth occupying only one column such as alphanumeric letters. Some characters have both forms: for example katakana ka has the fullwidth .

    • Usage notes

    Usually, fullwidth characters are used to match the space taken up by characters – particularly Chinese characters – in certain other languages such as Japanese.

    Antonyms

    * halfwidth

    Related terms

    * proportional

    See also

    English calques