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CODE PAGE 850 [2 records]

Record 1 2004-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
CONT

A code page is a table that defines the character set you are using. A character set is a country-specific or language-specific group of characters that are translated from the code page table and displayed by your screen or printer. Each code page character set contains 256 characters. An example of a character set is the set of letters, numbers, and symbols(such as accent marks) used by French-Canadians. MS-DOS 3. 3 supports five different code pages : 437-United States code page. 850-Multilingual code page. This code page includes all character for most languages of European, North American, and South American countries. 860-French-Canadian code page. 865-Nordic code page. This code page includes all characters for the Norwegian and Danish languages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
DEF

Table de caractères différente de la table ASCII, et adaptée à divers langages.

OBS

Nouvelle fonction du MS-DOS 3.3.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
CONT

La página de códigos preparada contiene un conjunto de caracteres apropiado para lenguajes internacionales.

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Record 2 2001-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Graphic Arts and Printing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
OBS

Terme(s) relevé(s) dans le document «Utilisation des caractères français sur les micro-ordinateurs compatibles IBM».

Spanish

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