ISO/IEC 8859

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8-bit character set character encoding standard family

ISO/IEC 8859 is a family of 8-bit character encoding standards that define various single-byte coded character sets for different languages and scripts, widely used before the adoption of Unicode.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
ISO/IEC 8859 canonical 3
ISO/IEC 8859 series 2
ISO/IEC 8859-2 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 8-bit character set ⓘ
character encoding standard family ⓘ
category legacy character encoding ⓘ
characterRange printable characters in positions 160–255 ⓘ
characterSize single-byte ⓘ
codeSpace 0–255 ⓘ
controlRange control characters in positions 0–31 ⓘ
control characters in positions 127–159 ⓘ
defines single-byte coded character sets ⓘ
designedFor Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Cyrillic script ⓘ
surface form: Cyrillic alphabet

Greek alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Middle Eastern languages ⓘ
South American languages ⓘ
Thai script ⓘ
various European languages ⓘ
encodingWidth 8-bit ⓘ
extends ASCII ⓘ
hasMember ISO/IEC 8859-1 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859-10 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859-11 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859-13 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859-14 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859-15 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859-16 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-2

ISO/IEC 8859-3 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-4

ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-5

ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-6

ISO/IEC 8859-7 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-8

ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-9
influenced code pages used in DOS ⓘ
code pages used in Windows ⓘ
maintainedBy International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ
International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
omitsMemberNumber 12 ⓘ
16-bit encodings ⓘ
partOf IEC standards ⓘ
ISO standards ⓘ
primaryDesignGoal support regional language groups with 8-bit encodings ⓘ
relatedStandard ISO/IEC 2022 ⓘ
surface form: ISO 2022

Unicode ⓘ
status largely superseded by Unicode ⓘ
typicalUse early internet protocols ⓘ
legacy systems ⓘ
older operating systems ⓘ
usedBefore widespread adoption of Unicode ⓘ
usesCodePoints 0–127 from ASCII ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ISO/IEC 10646 → relatedStandard → ISO/IEC 8859 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859-1 → partOf → ISO/IEC 8859 ⓘ
ISO 646 → influenced → ISO/IEC 8859 ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO/IEC 8859 series
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 → responsibleForStandard → ISO/IEC 8859 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859 → hasMember → ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-2
ISO/IEC 8859 → hasMember → ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-4
ISO/IEC 8859 → hasMember → ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-5
ISO/IEC 8859 → hasMember → ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-6
ISO/IEC 8859 → hasMember → ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-8
ISO/IEC 8859 → hasMember → ISO/IEC 8859 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO/IEC 8859-9
ISO/IEC 8859-15 → partOf → ISO/IEC 8859 ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO/IEC 8859 series