What is "big5"

n. (context computing English) A character encoding method for Traditional Chinese characters defined by collaboration among 5 major computer companies in Taiwan.

Big-5 or Big5 is a Chinese character encoding method used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau for Traditional Chinese characters.

Mainland China, which uses Simplified Chinese Characters, uses the GB character set instead.

Big5 gets its name from the consortium of five companies in Taiwan that developed it.0.1% of all web pages use Big5 in February 2016.