The Code Page
The Code Page fulfils two primary functions: 1. As an information interchange code (through files and telecom), in which the values 0 to 127 play the same role as in ASCII plus the international text characters 128 to 175 (see the table below). 2. As a graphical resource for screen and printers (whereby a character can be displayed or printed by merely sending the appropriate 8-bit code point), for which the full range can be used to build simple graphical presentations.
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