Character Encoding: Windows 1256

Technical information about character encoding standard Windows 1256

Technical information about character encoding Windows 1256 is available below.

Name	General Windows 1256 Detailed Windows 1256 (Arabic)
Alias	CP-1256
MIME / IANA	windows-1256
Type	1 byte
Classification	Extended ASCII Windows-125x
Languages	Arabic
Usage	less than 0.01%

The Windows-1256, also known as CP-1256, is a character encoding standard developed by Microsoft. It was designed to cover the Arabic language. 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 Windows 1256 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

€

پ

‚

ƒ

„

…

†

‡

ˆ

‰

ٹ

‹

Œ

چ

ژ

ڈ

9x

گ

‘

’

“

”

•

–

—

ک

™

ڑ

›

œ

‌

‍

ں

Ax

،

¢

£

¤

¥

¦

§

¨

©

ھ

«

¬

®

¯

Bx

°

±

²

³

´

µ

¶

·

¸

¹

؛

»

¼

½

¾

؟

Cx

ہ

ء

آ

أ

ؤ

إ

ئ

ا

ب

ة

ت

ث

ج

ح

خ

د

Dx

ذ

ر

ز

س

ش

ص

ض

×

ط

ظ

ع

غ

ـ

ف

ق

ك

Ex

à

ل

â

م

ن

ه

و

ç

è

é

ê

ë

ى

ي

î

ï

Fx

ً

ٌ

ٍ

َ

ô

ُ

ِ

÷

ّ

ù

ْ

û

ü

‎

‏

ے

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