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<h1 class="topictitle1">Coded character sets</h1>
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<div><p>Graphic characters are printable or displayable symbols, such as
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letters, numbers, and punctuation marks. A collection of graphic characters
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is called a <em>graphic-character set,</em> and often simply a <em>character
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set</em>.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>Each language requires its own graphic-character set to be printed
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or displayed properly. Characters are encoded according to a <em>code page</em>,
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which is a table that assigns graphic and control characters to specific values
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called <em>code points</em>.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>Code pages are classified into many types according to the encoding
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scheme. Two important encoding schemes for <span class="keyword">iSeries™ Access Family</span> are
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the Host and PC code pages. Unicode also is becoming an important encoding
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scheme. Unicode is a 16-bit worldwide character encoding scheme that is gaining
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popularity on both the Host and the personal computer. </p>
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<ul><li>Host code pages are encoded in accordance with IBM<sup>®</sup> Standard of Extended BCD Interchange
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Code (EBCDIC) and usually used by S/390<sup>®</sup> and iSeries servers.</li>
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<li>PC Code pages are encoded based on ANSI X3.4, ASCII and usually used by IBM Personal
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Computers.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaiknls.htm" title="iSeries Access for Windows national language support APIs enable your applications to get and save (query and change) the iSeries Access for Windows settings that are relevant to national language support.">iSeries Access for Windows national language support (NLS) APIs</a></div>
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