Big5
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− | '''Big5''' is an encoding for traditional Chinese characters, used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. It is a double-byte character encoding. Many common characters were left out of it, so a number of vendor-specific encodings exist with added characters. | + | '''Big5''' is an encoding for traditional Chinese characters, used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. It is a double-byte character encoding. Many common characters were left out of it, so a number of vendor-specific encodings exist with added characters. One adaptation is [[Windows Big5]] (CP950). |
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Big5|Wikipedia article]] | * [[Wikipedia:Big5|Wikipedia article]] |
Latest revision as of 02:31, 5 June 2019
Big5 is an encoding for traditional Chinese characters, used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. It is a double-byte character encoding. Many common characters were left out of it, so a number of vendor-specific encodings exist with added characters. One adaptation is Windows Big5 (CP950).