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− | '''Code Page 855''' (CP855, DOS 855, DOS CP855, DOS Cyrillic) is an 8-bit character encoding. It is a member of the family of [[MS-DOS encodings]] intended for use with languages using the [[Cyrillic alphabet]. It got more use in Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria than in Russia, where [[CP866]] was more popular. The lower half is the same as [[CP437]] (and [[ASCII]]). | + | '''Code Page 855''' (CP855, DOS 855, DOS CP855, DOS Cyrillic) is an 8-bit character encoding. It is a member of the family of [[MS-DOS encodings]] intended for use with languages using the [[Cyrillic alphabet]. It got more use in Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria than in Russia, where [[CP866]] was more popular. The lower half is the same as [[CP437]] (and [[ASCII]]). [[CP872]] is a variant with the euro sign in place of the generic currency sign. |
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Code Page 855 (CP855, DOS 855, DOS CP855, DOS Cyrillic) is an 8-bit character encoding. It is a member of the family of MS-DOS encodings intended for use with languages using the [[Cyrillic alphabet]. It got more use in Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria than in Russia, where CP866 was more popular. The lower half is the same as CP437 (and ASCII). CP872 is a variant with the euro sign in place of the generic currency sign.