DEC Technical (TCS) is a 7-bit
character set
Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using digital computers. The numerical values that ...
developed by
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC ), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. The company was co-founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957. Olsen was president unt ...
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Character set
� Characters from 31 to 37 are intended to assemble a 3x5 uppercase sigma and do not have Unicode equivalents.
See also
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DEC Multinational Character Set
The Multinational Character Set (DMCS or MCS) is a character encoding created in 1983 by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) for use in the popular VT220 terminal. It was an 8-bit extension of ASCII that added accented characters, currency symbols ...
(MCS)
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DEC National Replacement Character Set (NRCS)
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DEC Special Graphics
DEC Special Graphics is a 7-bit character set developed by Digital Equipment Corporation. This was used very often to draw box-drawing characters, boxes on the VT100 video terminal and the many emulators, and used by bulletin board software. The IS ...
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Symbol (typeface) § Encoding
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Character sets
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