Code page 864 (
CCSID
A CCSID (coded character set identifier) is a 16-bit number that represents a particular encoding of a specific code page. For example, Unicode is a code page that has several encoding (so called "transformation") forms, like UTF-8, UTF-16 and UT ...
864) (also known as CP 864, IBM 00864) is a
code page
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used to write
Arabic
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in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medite ...
,
Iraq
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,
Jordan
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,
Saudi Arabia
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, and
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
.
CCSID 17248 is the euro currency update of code page/CCSID 864.
The
euro sign
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was assigned to the previously undefined code point A7
hex in 1999.
Character set
The following table shows code page 864. Each character is shown with its equivalent
Unicode
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code point.
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