A code point is:

Question

Options

• AA point used to write a code.
• BA number which makes up a character.
• CA code containing a point.
• D

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  83% (24)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  10% (3)

Explanation

Option B is correct because a code point is the unique number assigned to represent a character in a character encoding standard like Unicode. For example, the letter "A" has the Unicode code point U+0041 (decimal 65), and the emoji has code point U+1F60A - every character is simply a number under the hood.

Option A is a nonsensical reversal of the term's meaning; "a point used to write code" describes a programming concept, not a character encoding primitive. Option C similarly plays on the words in reverse, treating "code" and "point" as separate literal objects rather than a compound technical term.

Memory tip: Think of a code point as a character's ID number in a giant lookup table - just as every student has a student ID number, every character has a code point number.

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