(1) A unique bit pattern that represents a character in a code page. See also code page.
(2) For SNA alerts, a 1-or 2-byte hexadecimal code that designates a particular piece of text to be displayed at the focal point.
(3) An identifier in an alert description that represents a short unit of text. The code point is replaced with the text by an alert display program.
(4) In QoS, pertaining to a specific value in the Differentiated Services field of a data packet that signals to a network the behaviour that is assigned to that packet.