Character/1-Byte Integer Data Types.

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Character/1-Byte Integer Data Types.

Since each supported computer uses the ASCII character set and orders the bits in a byte the same way, the character and 1-byte integer data types (CDF_CHAR, CDF_UCHAR, CDF_BYTE, CDF_INT1, and CDF_UINT1) are encoded in the same way on each.

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