Character Encodings/Glossary

Code Page- In computing, a character encoding and as such a specific association of a set of (identifiers for) printable and non-printable characters with unique numbers ("code points"). HP- The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard or HP, was an American multinational information technology company. MS-DOS- an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. EBCDIC- stands for Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code. It's an eight-bit character encoding used mainly on IBM mainframe and IBM midrange computer operating systems. Windows- a proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft. ISO- stands for International Organization for Standardization. It's an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries