A character used to occupy a position in a data field when no meaningful data is present, such as padding in fixed-length records.
In fixed-length files, fill characters are inserted where data is missing.
Standard kanji spelling for this computing term.
Variant using the older form 塡 instead of 填. Rarely seen in modern usage.
Compound of 充填 (じゅうてん, 'filling') and 文字 (もじ, 'character'). A straightforward technical term.