JIS X 0211, originally designated JIS C 6323 is a

Japanese Industrial Standard are the standard Standard may refer to: Flags * Colours, standards and guidons * Standard (flag), a type of flag used for personal identification Norm, convention or requirement * Standard (metrology), an object that bears a defined rela ...

defining

C0 and C1 control codes The C0 and C1 control code or control character In computing Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithm of an algorithm ...

and control sequences. It was first established in 1986, with subsequent editions in 1991 and 1994. It defines C0 and C1 control characters for use with other JIS

coded character set In computing, Computer data storage, data storage, and data transmission, character encoding is used to represent a repertoire of character (computing), characters by some kind of code, encoding system that assigns a number to each character for ...

s, e.g.

JIS X 0201 JIS X 0201, a Japanese Industrial Standard are the standard Standard may refer to: Flags * Colours, standards and guidons * Standard (flag), a type of flag used for personal identification Norm, convention or requirement * Standard (me ...

and

JIS X 0208 JIS X 0208 is a 2-byte character set specified as a Japanese Industrial Standard, containing 6879 graphic characters suitable for writing text, place names, personal names, and so forth in the Japanese language. The official title of the curren ...

. It is a derivative of

ISO/IEC 6429 ISO/IEC JTC 1 is a joint technical committee (JTC) of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Its purpose is to develop, maintain and promote standards in the fields of info ...

(ECMA-48); however, it doesn't feature all control functions presently listed by ISO/IEC 6429. It is distinct from the now-withdrawn

JIS X 0207 The C0 and C1 control code or control character sets define control codes for use in text by computer systems that use ASCII and derivatives of ASCII. The codes represent non-printable character, additional information about the text, such as t ...

(JIS C 6225), an earlier JIS standard for control codes which was established in 1979, which used a different syntax for control sequences.

Codepage layout

References

ASH multimedia lab JIS X 0211 page
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