Code page 868 ( CCSID 868) (also known as CP 868, IBM 00868) is a

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used to write

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Character set

The following table shows code page 868. Each character is shown with its equivalent

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code point. Only the second half of the table (code points 128–255) is shown, the first half (code points 0–127) being the same as

code page 437 Code page 437 (CCSID 437) is the character set of the original IBM PC (personal computer). It is also known as CP437, OEM-US, OEM 437, PC-8, or DOS Latin US. The set includes all printable ASCII characters as well as some accented letters (diacri ...

, except for code point 37 (25_hex) which is defined as U+066A ARABIC PERCENT SIGN ⟨٪⟩ instead of U+0025 PERCENT SIGN ⟨%⟩.

References

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