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| MIME / IANA | IBM437 |
|---|---|
| Alias(es) | cp437, 437, csPC8CodePage437,[1] OEM-US |
| Language(s) | English, German, Swedish |
| Classification | Extended ASCII, OEM code page |
| Extends | US-ASCII |
| Other related encoding(s) | Code page 850, CWI-2 |
Code page 437 (CCSID 437) is the character set of the original IBM PC (personal computer).[2] It is also known as CP437, OEM-US, OEM 437,[3] PC-8,[4] or DOS Latin US.[5] The set includes all printable ASCII characters as well as some accented letters (diacritics), Greek letters, icons, and line-drawing symbols. It is sometimes referred to as the "OEM font" or "high ASCII", or as "extended ASCII"[4] (one of many mutually incompatible ASCII extensions).
This character set remains the primary set in the core of any EGA and VGA-compatible graphics card. As such, text shown when a PC reboots, before fonts can be loaded and rendered, is typically rendered using this character set.[note 1] Many file formats developed at the time of the IBM PC are based on code page 437 as well.
- ^ Character Sets, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), 12 December 2018
- ^ "CCSID 437 information document". Archived from the original on 27 March 2016.
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