機き種しゅ依い存そん文も字じ

also: きしゅいぞんもじ

き

しゅ

い

そ

ん

も

じ

Meanings

1

noun

machine-dependent character; platform-dependent character

computing

Computing term for characters that may not display correctly across different operating systems or devices, such as certain symbols or half-width katakana.

機き種しゅ依い存そん文も字じを使つかう

と

、

他ほか

の

環かん

境きょう

で

文も

字じ

化ば

け

する

こと

が

あり

ます

。

Using machine-dependent characters can cause garbled text in other environments.

このフォームでは、機き種しゅ依い存そん文も字じの入にゅう力りょくは避さけてください。

Please avoid entering platform-dependent characters in this form.

Kanji

機loom, mechanism, machine
種species, kind, class
依reliant, depend on, consequently
存exist, suppose, be aware of
文sentence, literature, style
字character, letter, word

Related words

文も字じ化ばけ
文字化け refers to garbled text that results from encoding mismatches, often caused by 機種依存文字.
環かん境きょう依い存ぞん文も字じ
環境依存文字 is a near-synonym, also meaning environment-dependent characters; 機種依存文字 emphasizes machine or platform dependency.

Written forms

機種依存文字
- きしゅいそんもじ
  Standard kanji form; the reading きしゅいそんもじ is the most common.
- きしゅいぞんもじ
  Alternate reading with いぞん; both are used, but いそん is more frequent.
きしゅいぞんもじ

Etymology

Compound of 機種 (model/type of machine), 依存 (dependence), and 文字 (character). A technical term from computing.