IBM code page 437
E699601
IBM code page 437 is the original character set of the IBM PC, featuring ASCII characters plus extended graphic symbols used widely in early DOS text interfaces.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IBM PC character set
ⓘ
character encoding ⓘ code page ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
CP437
NERFINISHED
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Code page 437 NERFINISHED ⓘ DOS Latin US ⓘ IBM437 NERFINISHED ⓘ OEM-US ⓘ PC-8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| asciiCompatibility | First 128 code points identical to ASCII ⓘ |
| category | OEM code page ⓘ |
| characterSetSize | 256 ⓘ |
| codeRange | 0–255 ⓘ |
| contains |
Greek letters
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block elements ⓘ box-drawing characters ⓘ card suit symbols ⓘ control characters ⓘ mathematical symbols ⓘ miscellaneous symbols ⓘ printable characters ⓘ shade characters ⓘ smiley faces ⓘ |
| defaultOn |
many early PC-compatible systems
ⓘ
original IBM PC BIOS ⓘ |
| developer | IBM ⓘ |
| encodingBits | 8-bit ⓘ |
| influenced | many DOS code pages ⓘ |
| introducedFor |
IBM PC 5150
NERFINISHED
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IBM Personal Computer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| mappedTo | Unicode code points ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first widely used 8-bit character set on IBM PCs
ⓘ
rich set of box-drawing and block characters for text UIs ⓘ |
| oemCodePageFor |
MS-DOS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PC DOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
IBM PC text mode display
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MS-DOS text user interfaces ⓘ PC BIOS text output ⓘ |
| region |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Western Europe (early PCs) ⓘ |
| standardizedAs | IBM PC OEM code page ⓘ |
| subsetOf | ASCII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
Unicode
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Windows-1252 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
legacy console applications
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pseudo-graphical frames and windows ⓘ text-mode user interface graphics ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.