noun
Computing term for the order in which characters are sorted or compared, based on their code points or locale-specific rules.
データベースの文字の大小順序を確認してください。
Please check the collating sequence of the database.
Compound of 文字 (character), の (possessive particle), 大小 (large and small, i.e., case or relative order), and 順序 (order, sequence). The term is a direct calque from English 'collating sequence' used in computing contexts.