Character Encoding: CP 850

Technical information about character encoding standard CP 850

Technical information about character encoding CP 850 is available below.

Name	General CP 850 Detailed CP 850 (DOS Western European)
Alias	DOS Western European
MIME / IANA	IBM850
Type	1 byte
Classification	Extended ASCII OEM Code Page
Languages	English, German, French, and others
Usage	less than 0.01%

The CP-850, also known as DOS Western European, is a character encoding standard developed by IBM. It was mainly designed for Western European languages. It employs an 8-bit encoding scheme, which can represent up to 256 characters. The first 128 characters are identical to those in the ASCII standard.

Code page layout

The table below presents the characters supported by the CP 850 encoding standard, along with their respective codes.

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

0x

␀

␁

␂

␃

␄

␅

␆

␇

␈

␉

␊

␋

␌

␍

␎

␏

1x

␐

␑

␒

␓

␔

␕

␖

␗

␘

␙

␚

␛

␜

␝

␞

␟

2x

␠

!

"

#

$

%

&

'

(

)

*

+

,

-

.

/

3x

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

:

;

<

=

>

?

4x

@

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

5x

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

[

\

]

^

_

6x

`

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

7x

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

{

|

}

~

␡

8x

Ç

ü

é

â

ä

à

å

ç

ê

ë

è

ï

î

ì

Ä

Å

9x

É

æ

Æ

ô

ö

ò

û

ù

ÿ

Ö

Ü

ø

£

Ø

×

ƒ

Ax

á

í

ó

ú

ñ

Ñ

ª

º

¿

®

¬

½

¼

¡

«

»

Bx

░

▒

▓

│

┤

Á

Â

À

©

╣

║

╗

╝

¢

¥

┐

Cx

└

┴

┬

├

─

┼

ã

Ã

╚

╔

╩

╦

╠

═

╬

¤

Dx

ð

Ð

Ê

Ë

È

ı

Í

Î

Ï

┘

┌

█

▄

¦

Ì

▀

Ex

Ó

ß

Ô

Ò

õ

Õ

µ

þ

Þ

Ú

Û

Ù

ý

Ý

¯

´

Fx

±

‗

¾

¶

§

÷

¸

°

¨

·

¹

³

²

■

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