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{{Short description|DEC character encoding used on VT220 terminals}} {{Infobox character encoding | name = Multinational Character Set (MCS) | mime = DEC-MCS | alias = IBM1100, CP1100, WE8DEC, csDECMCS, dec | image = | caption = | standard = | lang = [[English language|English]], [[Western Latin character sets (computing)|various others]] | status = | extends = [[US-ASCII]] | prev = | next = [[ISO 8859-1]], [[Lotus International Character Set|LICS]], [[BraSCII]], [[Cork encoding]] | otherrelated = }} The '''Multinational Character Set''' ('''DMCS''' or '''MCS''') is a [[character encoding]] created in 1983 by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC) for use in the popular [[VT220]] [[computer terminal|terminal]]. It was an 8-bit extension of [[ASCII]] that added accented characters, [[currency symbol]]s, and other character glyphs missing from 7-bit ASCII. It is only one of the [[code page]]s implemented for the VT220 [[National Replacement Character Set]] (NRCS).<ref name="vt220_pr"/><ref name="TinyTERM"/> MCS is registered as IBM '''code page/[[CCSID]] 1100''' ('''Multinational Emulation''') since 1992.<ref name="CP1100"/><ref>{{cite web|title=CCSID 1100 information document|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201234938/http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/ccsid/ccsid1100.html|archive-date=2014-12-01|url=http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/ccsid/ccsid1100.html}}</ref> Depending on associated sorting [[Oracle Database|Oracle]] calls it '''WE8DEC''', '''N8DEC''', '''DK8DEC''', '''S8DEC''', or '''SF8DEC'''.<ref name="Oracle_2002_DEC"/><ref name="Daylight_DEC"/> Such "[[extended ASCII]]" sets were common (the National Replacement Character Set provided sets for more than a dozen European languages), but MCS has the distinction of being the ancestor of [[ECMA-94]] in 1985<ref name="ECMA_1985_ECMA94_R1"/> and [[ISO 8859-1]] in 1987.<ref name="Czyborra_1998"/> The code chart of MCS with ECMA-94, ISO 8859-1 and the first 256 code points of [[Unicode]] have many more similarities than differences. In addition to unused code points, differences from ISO 8859-1 are: {|class=wikitable ! MCS code point !! Unicode mapping !! Character |- | 0xA8 || U+00A4|| [[¤]] |- | 0xD7 || U+0152 || [[Œ]] |- | 0xDD || U+0178 || [[Ÿ]] |- | 0xF7 || U+0153 || [[œ]] |- | 0xFD || U+00FF || [[ÿ]] |} ==Character set== {|{{chset-table-header1|DEC Multinational Character Set<ref name="CP1100"/><ref name="vt220_t23"/><ref name="DEC_1986_VAXVMS"/><ref name="DEC_VT420"/><ref name="Flohr_2016_MCS"/><ref name="Kosta_DMCS"/><ref name="DEC_1999_MCS"/>}} |- |{{chset-left1|0_}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0000 NULL|[[Null character|NUL]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0001 START OF HEADING|[[Start of heading|SOH]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0002 START OF TEXT|[[Start of text|STX]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0003 END OF TEXT|[[End-of-Text character|ETX]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0004 END OF TRANSMISSION|[[End-of-Transmission character|EOT]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0005 ENQUIRY|[[Enquiry character|ENQ]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0006 ACKNOWLEDGE|[[Acknowledge character|ACK]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0007 BELL|[[Bell character|BEL]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0008 BACKSPACE| [[Backspace|BS]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0009 CHARACTER TABULATION| [[Horizontal tab|HT]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+000A LINE FEED (LF)| [[Line feed|LF]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+000B LINE TABULATION| [[Vertical tab|VT]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+000C FORM FEED (FF)| [[Form feed|FF]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN (CR)| [[Carriage return|CR]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+000E SHIFT OUT| [[Shift out|SO]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+000F SHIFT IN| [[Shift in|SI]] }} |- |{{chset-left1|1_}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0010 DATA LINK ESCAPE|[[Data link escape|DLE]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0011 DEVICE CONTROL ONE|[[Device Control One|DC1]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0012 DEVICE CONTROL TWO|[[Device Control Two|DC2]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0013 DEVICE CONTROL THREE|[[Device Control Three|DC3]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0014 DEVICE CONTROL FOUR|[[Device Control Four|DC4]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0015 NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE|[[Negative acknowledge character|NAK]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0016 SYNCHRONOUS IDLE|[[Synchronous idle|SYN]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0017 END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK|[[End of transmission block|ETB]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0018 CANCEL|[[Cancel character|CAN]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0019 END OF MEDIUM| [[End of medium|EM]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+001A SUBSTITUTE|[[Substitute character|SUB]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+001B ESCAPE|[[Escape character|ESC]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+001C INFORMATION SEPARATOR FOUR| [[File separator|FS]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+001D INFORMATION SEPARATOR THREE| [[Group separator|GS]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+001E INFORMATION SEPARATOR TWO| [[Record separator|RS]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+001F INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE| [[Unit separator|US]] }} |- |{{chset-left1|2_}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0020 SPACE| [[Space character|SP]] }} |{{chset-cell1|U+0021 EXCLAMATION MARK|[[Exclamation mark|!]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0022 QUOTATION MARK|[[Quotation mark|"]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0023 NUMBER SIGN|[[Number sign|#]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0024 DOLLAR SIGN|[[Dollar sign|$]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0025 PERCENT SIGN|[[Percent sign|%]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0026 AMPERSAND|[[Ampersand|&]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0027 APOSTROPHE|[[Apostrophe|']]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0028 LEFT PARENTHESIS|[[Parenthesis|(]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0029 RIGHT PARENTHESIS|[[Parenthesis|)]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+002A ASTERISK|[[Asterisk|*]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+002B PLUS SIGN|[[Plus sign|+]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+002C COMMA|[[Comma (punctuation)|,]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS|[[Hyphen-minus|-]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+002E FULL STOP|[[Full stop|.]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+002F SOLIDUS|[[Slash (punctuation)|/]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|3_}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0030 DIGIT ZERO|[[0]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0031 DIGIT ONE|[[1]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0032 DIGIT TWO|[[2]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0033 DIGIT THREE|[[3]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0034 DIGIT FOUR|[[4]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0035 DIGIT FIVE|[[5]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0036 DIGIT SIX|[[6]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0037 DIGIT SEVEN|[[7]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0038 DIGIT EIGHT|[[8]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0039 DIGIT NINE|[[9]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003A COLON|[[colon (punctuation)|:]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003B SEMICOLON|[[semicolon|;]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN|[[less-than sign|<]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003D EQUALS SIGN|[[equals sign|{{=}}]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN|[[greater-than sign|>]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003F QUESTION MARK|[[question mark|?]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|4_}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0040 COMMERCIAL AT|[[@]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0041 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A|[[A]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0042 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B|[[B]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0043 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C|[[C]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0044 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D|[[D]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0045 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E|[[E]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0046 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F|[[F]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0047 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G|[[G]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0048 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H|[[H]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0049 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I|[[I]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J|[[J]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004B LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K|[[K]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L|[[L]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M|[[M]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N|[[N]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004F LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O|[[O]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|5_}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0050 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P|[[P]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0051 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q|[[Q]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0052 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R|[[R]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0053 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S|[[S]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T|[[T]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0055 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U|[[U]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0056 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V|[[V]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0057 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W|[[W]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0058 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X|[[X]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0059 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y|[[Y]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z|[[Z]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005B LEFT SQUARE BRACKET|[[Square brackets|[]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS|[[Backslash|\]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005D RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET|[[Square brackets|]]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT|[[Caret|^]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005F LOW LINE|[[Underscore|_]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|6_}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0060 GRAVE ACCENT|[[`]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0061 LATIN SMALL LETTER A|[[a]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0062 LATIN SMALL LETTER B|[[b]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0063 LATIN SMALL LETTER C|[[c]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0064 LATIN SMALL LETTER D|[[d]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0065 LATIN SMALL LETTER E|[[e]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0066 LATIN SMALL LETTER F|[[f]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0067 LATIN SMALL LETTER G|[[g]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0068 LATIN SMALL LETTER H|[[h]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0069 LATIN SMALL LETTER I|[[i]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006A LATIN SMALL LETTER J|[[j]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006B LATIN SMALL LETTER K|[[k]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006C LATIN SMALL LETTER L|[[l]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006D LATIN SMALL LETTER M|[[m]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006E LATIN SMALL LETTER N|[[n]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006F LATIN SMALL LETTER O|[[o]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|7_}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0070 LATIN SMALL LETTER P|[[p]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0071 LATIN SMALL LETTER Q|[[q]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0072 LATIN SMALL LETTER R|[[r]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0073 LATIN SMALL LETTER S|[[s]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0074 LATIN SMALL LETTER T|[[t]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0075 LATIN SMALL LETTER U|[[u]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0076 LATIN SMALL LETTER V|[[v]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0077 LATIN SMALL LETTER W|[[w]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0078 LATIN SMALL LETTER X|[[x]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0079 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y|[[y]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+007A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z|[[z]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+007B LEFT CURLY BRACKET|[[Curly brackets|{]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+007C VERTICAL LINE|[[Vertical bar|{{pipe}}]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+007D RIGHT CURLY BRACKET|[[Curly brackets|}]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+007E TILDE|[[Tilde|~]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+007F DELETE|[[Delete character|DEL]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|8_}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0084 <control>|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|IND]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0085 NEXT LINE (NEL)|[[Newline|NEL]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0086 START OF SELECTED AREA|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|SSA]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0087 END OF SELECTED AREA|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|ESA]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0088 CHARACTER TABULATION SET|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|HTS]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0089 CHARACTER TABULATION WITH JUSTIFICATION|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|HTJ]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+008A LINE TABULATION SET|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|VTS]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+008B PARTIAL LINE FORWARD|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|PLD]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+008C PARTIAL LINE BACKWARD|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|PLU]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+008D REVERSE LINE FEED| [[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|RI]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+008E SINGLE SHIFT TWO|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|SS2]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+008F SINGLE SHIFT THREE|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|SS3]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|9_}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0090 DEVICE CONTROL STRING|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|DCS]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0091 PRIVATE USE ONE|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|PU1]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0092 PRIVATE USE TWO|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|PU2]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0093 SET TRANSMIT STATE|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|STS]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0094 CANCEL CHARACTER|[[Cancel character|CCH]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0095 MESSAGE WAITING|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|MW]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0096 START OF GUARDED AREA|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|SPA]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+0097 END OF GUARDED AREA|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|EPA]]}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+009B CONTROL SEQUENCE INTRODUCER|[[Control Sequence Introducer|CSI]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+009C STRING TERMINATOR| [[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|ST]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+009D OPERATING SYSTEM COMMAND|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|OSC]]}} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+009E PRIVACY MESSAGE| [[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|PM]] }} |{{chset-ctrl1|U+009F APPLICATION PROGRAM COMMAND|[[C0 and C1 control codes#C1|APC]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|A_}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK|[[inverted exclamation mark|¡]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A2 CENT SIGN|[[cent (currency)#Symbol|¢]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A3 POUND SIGN|[[pound sign|£]]}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A5 YEN SIGN|[[Yen sign|¥]]}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A7 SECTION SIGN|[[section sign|§]]}} |{{chset-cell1|u=00A4|U+00A4 CURRENCY SIGN|[[Currency sign (generic)|¤]]|style=background:#FFD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN|[[copyright symbol|©]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00AA FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR|[[ª]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00AB LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK|[[Guillemet|«]]}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |- |{{chset-left1|B_}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B0 DEGREE SIGN|[[degree symbol|°]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B1 PLUS-MINUS SIGN|[[plus–minus sign|±]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B2 SUPERSCRIPT TWO|[[superscript|²]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B3 SUPERSCRIPT THREE|[[superscript|³]]}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B5 MICRO SIGN|[[micro sign|µ]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN|[[pilcrow|¶]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT|[[interpunct|·]]}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B9 SUPERSCRIPT ONE|[[superscript|¹]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00BA MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR|[[º]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00BB RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK|[[Guillemet|»]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00BC VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER|[[Fraction (mathematics)|¼]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00BD VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF|[[½]]}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00BF INVERTED QUESTION MARK|[[inverted question mark|¿]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|C_}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00C0 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE|[[À]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00C1 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE|[[Á]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00C2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX|[[Â]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00C3 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE|[[Ã]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00C4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS|[[Ä]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00C5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE|[[Å]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00C6 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AE|[[Æ]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00C7 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA|[[Ç]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00C8 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE|[[È]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00C9 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE|[[É]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00CA LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX|[[Ê]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00CB LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS|[[Ë]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00CC LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE|[[Ì]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00CD LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE|[[Í]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00CE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX|[[Î]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00CF LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS|[[Ï]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|D_}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00D1 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE|[[Ñ]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00D2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE|[[Ò]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00D3 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE|[[Ó]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00D4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX|[[Ô]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00D5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE|[[Õ]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00D6 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS|[[Ö]]}} |{{chset-cell1|u=0152|U+0152 LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE OE|[[Œ]]|style=background:#FFD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00D8 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE|[[Ø]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00D9 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE|[[Ù]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00DA LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE|[[Ú]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00DB LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX|[[Û]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00DC LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS|[[Ü]]}} |{{chset-cell1|u=0178|U+0178 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS|[[Ÿ]]|style=background:#FFD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00DF LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S|[[ß]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|E_}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00E0 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE|[[à]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00E1 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE|[[á]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00E2 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX|[[â]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00E3 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE|[[ã]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00E4 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS|[[ä]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00E5 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE|[[å]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00E6 LATIN SMALL LETTER AE|[[æ]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00E7 LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA|[[ç]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00E8 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE|[[è]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00E9 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE|[[é]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00EA LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX|[[ê]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00EB LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS|[[ë]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00EC LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE|[[ì]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00ED LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE|[[í]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00EE LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX|[[î]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00EF LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS|[[ï]]}} |- |{{chset-left1|F_}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00F1 LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE|[[ñ]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00F2 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE|[[ò]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00F3 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE|[[ó]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00F4 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX|[[ô]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00F5 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE|[[õ]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00F6 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS|[[ö]]}} |{{chset-cell1|u=0153|U+0153 LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE|[[œ]]|style=background:#FFD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00F8 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE|[[ø]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00F9 LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE|[[ù]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00FA LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE|[[ú]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00FB LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX|[[û]]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00FC LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS|[[ü]]}} |{{chset-cell1|u=00FF|U+00FF LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS|[[ÿ]]|style=background:#FFD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}} |} {{legend|#FFD|Differences from [[ISO-8859-1]]}} ==See also== * [[Lotus International Character Set]] (LICS), a very similar character set * [[BraSCII]], a very similar character set * [[8-bit DEC Greek]] ([[Code page 1287]]) * [[8-bit DEC Turkish]] ([[Code page 1288]]) * [[8-bit DEC Hebrew]] * [[8-bit DEC Cyrillic]] ([[KOI-8|KOI-8 Cyrillic]]) * 8-bit [[DEC Special Graphics]] (VT100 Line Drawing) ([[DEC-SPECIAL]]) * 8-bit [[DEC Technical Character Set]] ([[DEC-TECHNICAL]]) * [[DEC Kanji]] ([[JIS X 0208]]) ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name="vt220_pr">{{cite web |url=http://vt100.net/docs/vt220-rm/ |title=VT220 Programmer Reference Manual |publisher=[[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC) |date=1984 |orig-year=1983 |edition=2}}</ref> <ref name="vt220_t23">{{cite web |title=VT220 Programmer Reference Manual |publisher=[[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC) |at=Table 2-3: DEC Multinational Character Set (C1 and GR Codes) |url=http://vt100.net/docs/vt220-rm/table2-3b.html |access-date=2016-12-02 }}</ref> <ref name="DEC_VT420">{{cite book |author=DEC |url=http://manx-docs.org/collections/mds-199909/cd3/term/vt420rm2.pdf |title=VT420 Programmer Reference Manual |chapter=Chapter 2: Character Encoding - DEC Supplemental Graphic Character Set |pages=24–25 |publisher=[[Digital Equipment Corporation]] |edition=2 |date=February 1992 |orig-year=November 1989 |id=EK–VT420–RM.002 |access-date=2017-01-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129003921/http://manx-docs.org/collections/mds-199909/cd3/term/vt420rm2.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> <ref name="TinyTERM">{{cite web |url=http://www.centurysoftware.com/support/help/ttus_help/ttusNational_Replacement_Character_S.htm |access-date=2016-12-01 |title=TinyTERM Emulator — National Replacement Character Set (NRCS) |publisher=Century Software |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201141326/http://www.centurysoftware.com/support/help/ttus_help/ttusNational_Replacement_Character_S.htm |archive-date=2016-12-01}} [sic]</ref> <ref name="CP1100">{{cite web |title=SBCS code page information - CPGID: 01100 / Name: Multinational Emulation |work=IBM Software: Globalization: Coded character sets and related resources: Code pages by CPGID: Code page identifiers |date=1992-10-01 |version=1 |publisher=[[IBM]] |url=https://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/cp/cp01100.html |access-date=2016-12-02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203134908/https://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/cp/cp01100.html |archive-date=2016-12-03}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20161205145337/https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/resources/systems_i_software_globalization_pdf_cp01100z.pdf] [https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/globalization/gcoc/attachments/CP01100.pdf] [https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/globalization/gcoc/attachments/CP01100.txt]</ref> <ref name="ECMA_1985_ECMA94_R1">{{cite book |title=Standard ECMA-94: 8-bit Single-Byte Coded Graphic Character Set |publisher=[[European Computer Manufacturers Association]] (ECMA) |date=March 1985 |orig-year=1984-12-14 |edition=1 |url=http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST-WITHDRAWN/ECMA-94,%201st%20Edition,%20March%201985.pdf |access-date=2016-12-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202011921/http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST-WITHDRAWN/ECMA-94,%201st%20Edition,%20March%201985.pdf |archive-date=2016-12-02 |quote=Since 1982 the urgency of the need for an 8-bit single-byte coded character set was recognized in ECMA as well as in ANSI/X3L2 and numerous working papers were exchanged between the two groups. In February 1984 ECMA TC1 submitted to ISO/TC97/SC2 a proposal for such a coded character set. At its meeting of April 1984 SC decided to submit to TC97 a proposal for a new item of work for this topic. Technical discussions during and after this meeting led TC1 to adopt the coding scheme proposed by X3L2. Part 1 of Draft International Standard DTS 8859 is based on this joint ANSI/ECMA proposal.... Adopted as an ECMA Standard by the General Assembly of Dec. 13–14, 1984.}}</ref> <ref name="Czyborra_1998">{{cite web |url=http://czyborra.com/charsets/iso8859.html#ISO-8859-1 |title=ISO 8859-1 and MCS |work=ISO 8859 Alphabet Soup |author-first=Roman |author-last=Czyborra |year=1998 |access-date=2016-12-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201141241/http://czyborra.com/charsets/iso8859.html |archive-date=2016-12-01}} [http://czyborra.com/charsets/dec-mcs.txt.gz] [http://czyborra.com/charsets/dec-mcs.bdf.gz]</ref> <ref name="DEC_1986_VAXVMS">{{cite book |title=VAX/VMS User's Manual |id=AI-Y517A-TE |publisher=[[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC) |date=April 1986}}</ref> <ref name="Flohr_2016_MCS">{{cite web |title=Locale::RecodeData::DEC_MCS - Conversion routines for DEC_MCS |author-first=Guido |author-last=Flohr |version=1.0 |work=[[CPAN]] libintl-perl |date=2016 |orig-year=2006<!-- 2002 --> |url=http://search.cpan.org/~guido/libintl-perl/lib/Locale/RecodeData/DEC_MCS.pm |access-date=2017-01-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114220249/http://search.cpan.org/~guido/libintl-perl/lib/Locale/RecodeData/DEC_MCS.pm |archive-date=2017-01-14}}</ref> <ref name="Kosta_DMCS">{{cite web |title=DEC Multinational Character Set (DEC MCS) |version=1.20 |author-first=Kosta |author-last=Kostis |url=http://www.kostis.net/charsets/decmcs.htm |access-date=2017-01-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116141807/http://www.kostis.net/charsets/decmcs.htm |archive-date=2017-01-16}}</ref> <ref name="Daylight_DEC">{{cite web |title=Oracle characterset descriptions for 9.2 |date=2017 |publisher=Daylight Chemical Information Systems |url=http://www.daylight.com/meetings/emug04/Delany/charsets.html |access-date=2017-02-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617032920/http://www.daylight.com/meetings/emug04/Delany/charsets.html |archive-date=2016-06-17}}</ref> <ref name="Oracle_2002_DEC">{{cite book |title=Oracle9i Database Globalization Support Guide |author-first1=Cathy |author-last1=Baird |author-first2=Dan |author-last2=Chiba |author-first3=Winson |author-last3=Chu |author-first4=Jessica |author-last4=Fan |author-first5=Claire |author-last5=Ho |author-first6=Simon |author-last6=Law |author-first7=Geoff |author-last7=Lee |author-first8=Peter |author-last8=Linsley |author-first9=Keni |author-last9=Matsuda |author-first10=Tamzin |author-last10=Oscroft |author-first11=Shige |author-last11=Takeda |author-first12=Linus |author-last12=Tanaka |author-first13=Makoto |author-last13=Tozawa |author-first14=Barry |author-last14=Trute |author-first15=Mayumi |author-last15=Tsujimoto |author-first16=Ying |author-last16=Wu |author-first17=Michael |author-last17=Yau |author-first18=Tim |author-last18=Yu |author-first19=Chao |author-last19=Wang |author-first20=Simon |author-last20=Wong |author-first21=Weiran |author-last21=Zhang |author-first22=Lei |author-last22=Zheng |author-first23=Yan |author-last23=Zhu |author-first24=Valarie |author-last24=Moore |publisher=[[Oracle Corporation]] |edition=Release 2 (9.2) |date=2002 |orig-year=1996 |id=Oracle A96529-01 |chapter=Appendix A: Locale Data |url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96529.pdf |access-date=2017-02-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214190952/https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96529.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-14}}</ref> <ref name="DEC_1999_MCS">{{cite web |title=DEC Multinational Character Set (1987) to Unicode |publisher=[[Unicode, Inc.]] |date=1999-07-07 |version=0.1 |author-first=John Woldemar |author-last=Cowan |author-link=John Woldemar Cowan |url=https://www.math.nmsu.edu/~mleisher/Software/csets/DECMCS.TXT |access-date=2017-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218235457/https://www.math.nmsu.edu/~mleisher/Software/csets/DECMCS.TXT |archive-date=2017-02-18 }}</ref> }} {{Digital Equipment Corporation}} {{Character encoding}} [[Category:Character sets]] [[Category:Digital Equipment Corporation]] [[Category:Computer-related introductions in 1983]]
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