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    ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Seven (7) bit code. ASCII was introduced in 1963.

    EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (used primarily on IBM mainframes). Eight (8) bit code.

    Punched Card Code used for Hollerith (punched) cards (punching positions given in decimal). Thirteen (13) bit code.

    International Morse Code The code originally developed for telegraph (Morse Code) had an equal number of bits per character. International Morse Code has a variable number of bits per character, with characters that occur more frequently having a smaller number of bits. Bits are represented by unipolar current pulses of long and short duration (usually 3:1, with pauses used to separate characters).

    International Cable Code International Cable Code is similar to International Morse Code, except that its bits are represented by bipolar current pulses of uniform duration (positive matching Morse’s short pulse and negative matching Morse’s long pulse). Also, there is typically a great deal of variation in punctuation codes.

    HTML metacharacters HTML has both numeric codes and name codes (metacharacters) for producing printable characters. HTML name codes are case sensitive. Older browsers typically don’t support very many name codes (that is, numeric codes are more likely to work in more browsers). Some of the new metacharacters only have name codes (no numeric code). Not all metacharacters work on all platforms or with all fonts (the widest support is on the Macintosh and Windows, which are each slightly different). The universally supported name codes are: ", #, &, <, and > (which are also essential as HTML escape metacharacters).

    ERMA (Electronic Recording Method of Accounting), a magnetic ink and computer readable font, was created for the Bank of America in 1959.

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Values are in hexadecimal or binary, except as otherwise noted

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control codes

control code meaning punched
card
EBCDIC ASCII
ACK acknowledge 0-6-8-9 2E 06
BEL bell or alarm 0-7-8-9 2F 07
BS backspace 11-6-9 16 08
BYP bypass 0-4-9 24
CAN cancel 11-8-9 18 18
CC cursor control 11-2-8-9 1A
CR carriage return 12-5-8-9 0D 0D
CU1 customer use 1 11-3-8-9 1B
CU2 customer use 2 0-3-8-9 2B
CU3 customer use 3 3-8-9 3B
DC1 device control 1 11-1-9 11 11
DC2 device control 2 11-2-9 12 12
DC3 device control 3 13
DC4 device control 4 4-8-9 3C 14
DEL delete 12-7-9 07 7F
DLE data link escape 12-11-1-8-9 10 10
DS digit select 11-0-1-8-9 20
EM end of medium 11-1-8-9 19 19
ENQ enquiry 0-5-8-9 2D 05
EOT end of transmission 7-9 37 04
ESC escape 0-7-9 27 1B
ETB end of transmission block 0-6-9 26 17
ETX end of text 12-3-9 03 03
FF form feed 12-4-8-9 0C 0C
FS field separator 0-2-9 22
FS file separator 11-4-8-9 (1C) 1C
GS group separator 11-5-8-9 (1D) 1D
HT horizontal tabulation 12-5-9 05 09
IFS interchange file separator 11-4-8-9 1C (1C)
IGS interchange group separator 11-5-8-9 1D (1D)
IL idle 11-7-9 17
IRS interchange record separator 11-6-8-9 1E (1E)
IUS interchange unit separator 11-7-8-9 1F (1F)
LC lower case 12-6-9 06
LF line feed 0-5-9 25 0A
NAK negative acknowledge 5-8-9 3D 15
NL new line 11-5-9 15
NUL null 12-0-1-8-9 00 00
PF punch off 12-4-9 04
PN punch on 4-9 34
RES restore 11-4-9 14
RS reader stop 5-9 35
RS record separator 11-6-8-9 (1E) 1E
SI shift in 12-7-8-9 0F 0F
SM set mode 0-2-8-9 2A
SMM start of manual message 12-2-8-9 0A
SO shift out 12-6-8-9 0E 0E
SOH start of heading 12-1-9 01 01
SOS start of significance 0-1-9 21
SP space no punches 40 20
STX start of text 12-2-9 02 02
SUB substitute 7-8-9 3F 1A
SYN synchronous idle 2-9 32 16
TM tape mark 11-3-9 13
UC upper case 6-9 36
US unit separator 11-7-8-9 (1F) 1F
VT vertical tabulation 12-3-8-9 0B 0B

control codes for International Morse Code:

SOS . . .   _ _ _   . . .   Break _ . . . _ . _
Attention _ . _ . _   Understand . . . _ .
CQ _ . _ .   _ _ . _   Error . . . . . . . .
DE _ . .   .   OK . _ .
Go Ahead _ . _   End of Message . _ . _ .
Wait . _ . . .   End of Work . . . _ . _

decimal digits

digit Morse punched
card
BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
numeric
0 _ _ _ _ _ 0 F0 F0 30 0
1 . _ _ _ _ 1 F1 F1 31 1
2 . . _ _ _ 2 F2 F2 32 2
3 . . . _ _ 3 F3 F3 33 3
4 . . . . _ 4 F4 F4 34 4
5 . . . . . 5 F5 F5 35 5
6 _ . . . . 6 F6 F6 36 6
7 _ _ . . . 7 F7 F7 37 7
8 _ _ _ . . 8 F8 F8 38 8
9 _ _ _ _ . 9 F9 F9 39 9

Roman letters

letter Morse punched
card
BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
numeric
HTML
name
notes
A . _ 12-1 C1 C1 41 A
À À À UPPERCASE A with accent grave
Á Á Á UPPERCASE A with accent acute
   UPPERCASE A with accent circumflex
à à à UPPERCASE A with tilde
Ä Ä Ä UPPERCASE A with dieresis (umlaut)
Å Å Å UPPERCASE A with ring
Æ Æ Æ UPPERCASE AE diphthong (ligature)
B _ . . . 12-2 C2 C2 42 B
C _ . _ . 12-3 C3 C3 43 C
Ç Ç Ç UPPERCASE C with cedilla
D _ . . 12-4 C4 C4 44 D
Ð Ð Ð UPPERCASE ETH
E . 12-5 C5 C5 45 E
È È È UPPERCASE E with accent grave
É É É UPPERCASE E with accent acute
Ê Ê Ê UPPERCASE E with accent circumflex
Ë Ë Ë UPPERCASE E with umlaut (dieresis)
F . . _ . 12-6 C6 C6 46 F
G _ _ . 12-7 C7 C7 47 G
H . . . . 12-8 C8 C8 48 H
I . . 12-9 C9 C9 49 I
Ì Ì Ì UPPERCASE I with accent grave
Í Í Í UPPERCASE I with accent acute
Î Î Î UPPERCASE I with accent circumflex
Ï Ï Ï UPPERCASE I with umlaut (dieresis)
J . _ _ _ 11-1 D1 D1 4A J
K _ . _ 11-2 D2 D2 4B K
L . _ . . 11-3 D3 D3 4C L
M _ _ 11-4 D4 D4 4D M
N _ . 11-5 D5 D5 4E N
Ñ Ñ Ñ UPPERCASE N with tilde
O _ _ _ 11-6 D6 D6 4F O
Ò Ò Ò UPPERCASE O with accent grave
Ó Ó Ó UPPERCASE O with accent acute
Ô Ô Ô UPPERCASE O with accent circumflex
Õ Õ Õ UPPERCASE O with tilde
Ö Ö Ö UPPERCASE O with umlaut (dieresis)
Ø Ø Ø UPPERCASE O with slash
ΠΠUPPERCASE OE diphthong
P . _ _ . 11-7 D7 D7 50 P
Q _ _ . _ 11-8 D8 D8 51 Q
R . _ . 11-9 D9 D9 52 R
S . . . 0-2 E2 E2 53 S
ß ß ß sharp or double s (sz ligature)
T _ 0-3 E3 E3 54 T
ß ß Þ UPPERCASE Thorn
U . . _ 0-4 E4 E4 55 U
Ù Ù Ù UPPERCASE U with accent grave
Ú Ú Ú UPPERCASE U with accent acute
Û Û Û UPPERCASE U with accent circumflex
Ü Ü Ü UPPERCASE U with umlaut (dieresis)
V . . . _ 0-5 E5 E5 56 V
W . _ _ 0-6 E6 E6 57 W
X _ . . _ 0-7 E7 E7 58 X
Y _ . _ _ 0-8 E8 E8 59 Y
Ý Ý &YAcute; UPPERCASE Y with accent acute
Ÿ Ÿ UPPERCASE Y with umlaut
Z _ _ . . 0-9 E9 E9 5A Z
a 12-0-1 81 61 a
à à à lowercase a with accent grave
á á á lowercase a with accent acute
â â â lowercase a with accent circumflex
ã ã ã lowercase a with tilde
ä ä ä lowercase a with umlaut (dieresis)
å å å lowercase a with ring
æ æ æ lowercase ae diphthong (ligature)
b 12-0-2 82 62 b
c 12-0-3 83 63 c
ç ç ç lowercase c with cedilla
d 12-0-4 84 64 d
ð ð ð lowercase eth
e 12-0-5 85 65 e
è è è lowercase e with accent grave
é é é lowercase e with accent acute
ê ê ê lowercase e with accent circumflex
ë ë ë lowercase e with umlaut (dieresis)
f 12-0-6 86 66 f
g 12-0-7 87 67 g
h 12-0-8 88 68 h
i 12-0-9 89 69 i
ì ì ì lowercase i with accent grave
í í í lowercase i with accent acute
î î î lowercase i with accent circumflex
ï ï ï lowercase i with umlaut (dieresis)
j 12-11-1 91 6A j
k 12-11-2 92 6B k
l 12-11-3 93 6C l
m 12-11-4 94 6D m
n 12-11-5 95 6E n
ñ ñ ñ lowercase n with tilde
o 12-11-6 96 6F o
ò ò ò lowercase o with accent grave
ó ó ó lowercase o with accent acute
ô ô ô lowercase o with accent circumflex
õ õ õ lowercase o with tilde
ö ö ö lowercase o with umlaut (dieresis)
ø ø ø lowercase o with slash
œ œ lowercase oe diphthong
p 12-11-7 97 70 p
q 12-11-8 98 71 q
r 12-11-9 99 72 r
s 11-0-2 A2 73 s
ß ß ß sharp or double s (sz ligature)
t 11-0-3 A3 74 t
þ þ þ lowercase thorn
u 11-0-4 A4 75 u
ù ù ù lowercase u with accent grave
ú ú ú lowercase u with accent acute
û û û lowercase u with accent circumflex
ü ü ü lowercase u with umlaut (dieresis)
v 11-0-5 A5 76 v
w 11-0-6 A6 77 w
x 11-0-7 A7 78 x
y 11-0-8 A8 79 y
ý ý ý lowercase y with accent acute
ÿ ÿ ÿ lowercase y with umlaut (dieresis)
z 11-0-9 A9 7A z

punctuation marks and special characters

† indicates a hexadecimal value shared by two different BCD characters.

punctuation mark punched
card
BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
numeric
HTML
name
accent acute ´ ´ ´
accent grave ` 60 ` `
ampersand & 12 50† 50 26 & &
angle quote mark, left « « «
angle quote mark, right » » »
apiece sign @ 4-8 7C† 7C 40 @
apostrophe
(typewriter)
' 5-8 7D 27 ' '
apostrophe
(typographical)
’
asterisk * 11-4-8 5C 5C 2A * *
at sign @ 4-8 7C† 7C 40 @
back slash \ 5C \ \
bar, broken vertical ¦ ¦ ¦
bar, high ¯ ¯ ¯
bar, low _ 0-5-8 6D 5F _ _
bar, vertical | 12-7-8 4F 7C | |
blank (space)   no punches 40 40 20  
braces, curly, left { 7B { {
braces, curly, right } 7D } }
bracket, square, left [ 12-8-5 4D 5B [ [
bracket, square, right ] 11-8-5 5D 5D ] ]
broken vertical bar ¦ ¦ ¦
bullet •
caret ^ 5E ^ ˆ
cedilla ¸ ¸ ¸
cent mark ¢ 12-2-8 4A ¢ ¢
circumflex ^ 5E ^ ˆ
colon : 2-8 7D 7A 3A : :
comma , 0-3-8 6B 6B 2C , ,
copyright sign © © ©
curly braces, left { 7B { {
curly braces, right } 7D } }
currency sign, general ¤ ¤ ¤
dagger, single †
dagger, double ‡
dash, em — —
dash, en – –
degree sign ° ° °
division sign ÷ ÷ ÷
dollar sign $ 11-3-8 5B 5B 24 $ $
dot . 12-3-8 75 75 2E .
double dagger ‡
double quotation mark
(typewriter)
" 7-8 7F 22 " "
double quote mark, right
(typographical)
”
double quote mark, left
(typographical)
“
dropped double quote „
dropped single quote ‚
ellipses (three dots) … &ldots;
em dash — —
en dash – –
equal sign = 6-8 7B† 7E 3D =
exclamation point ! 11-2-8 5A 21 !
exclamation point, inverted ¡ ¡ ¡
feminine ordinal indicator ª ª ª
foot mark ' 5-8 7D† 7D 27 '
forward slash / 0-1 61 61 2F /
fraction, one-half 1/2 ½ ½
fraction, one-quarter 1/4 ¼ ¼
fraction, three-quarters 3/4 ¾ ¾
function sign ƒ ƒ
general currency sign ¤ ¤ ¤
greater than sign > 0-6-8 7E 6E 3E > >
half 1/2 ½ ½
high bar ¯ ¯ ¯
hyphen - 11 60 60 2D - ‐
hyphen, soft ­ ­ ­
inch mark " 7-8 7F 22 "
inverted exclamation point ¡ ¡ ¡
inverted question mark ¿ ¿ ¿
left angle quote mark « « «
left curly braces { 7B { {
left double quote mark
(typographical)
“
left parenthesis ( 12-5-8 6C† 4D 28 ( (
left single quote mark
(typographical)
‘
left square bracket [ 12-8-5 4D 5B [ [
left tag < 12-4-8 4E 4C 3C &#60; &lt;
less than sign < 12-4-8 4E 4C 3C &#60; &lt;
logical NOT ¬ 11-7-8 5F &#172; &not;
logical OR | 12-7-8 4F 7C &#124; &verbar;
low bar _ 0-5-8 6D 5F &#95; &lowbar;
macron ¯ &#175; &macr;
masculine ordinal indicator º &#186; &ordm;
micro sign µ &#181; &micro;
middle dot · &#183; &middot;
minus sign - 11 60 60 2D &#45;
multiply sign &#215; &#215; &times;
multiplication sign · &#183; &middot;
non-breaking space   &#160; &nbsp;
not sign ¬ 11-7-8 5F &#172; &not;
number sign # 3-8 7B† 7B 23 &#35; &num;
ordinal indicator, feminine ª &#170; &ordf;
ordinal indicator, masculine º &#186; &ordm;
paragraph mark &#182; &para;
parenthesis, left ( 12-5-8 6C† 4D 28 &#40; &lpar;
parenthesis, right ) 11-5-8 4C† 5D 29 &#41; &rpar;
percent % 0-4-8 6C† 6F 25 &#37; &percnt;
period . 12-3-8 75 75 2E &#46; &period;
pilcrow &#182; &para;
plus sign + 12-6-8 50† 4E 2B &#43;
plus-or-minus sign ± &#177; &plusmn;
pound sign # 3-8 7B† 7B 23 &#35; &num;
pound sterling sign £ &#163; &pound;
prime ' 5-8 7D 27 &#39;
quarter 1/4 &#188; &frac14;
question mark ? 0-7-8 C0 6F 3F &#63;
question mark, inverted ¿ &#191; &iquest;
quotation mark
(typewriter)
" 7-8 7F 22 &#34; &quot;
quote mark, left angle « &#171; &laquo;
quote mark, left double
(typographical)
&#147;
quote mark, left single
(typographical)
&#145;
quote mark, right angle » &#187; &raquo;
quote mark, right double
(typographical)
&#148;
quote mark, right single
(typographical)
&#146;
registered trademark sign ® &#174; &reg;
right angle quote mark » &#187; &raquo;
right curly braces } 7D &#125; &rcub;
right double quote mark
(typographical)
&#148;
right parenthesis ) 11-5-8 4C† 5D 29 &#41; &rpar;
right single quote mark
(typographical)
&#146;
right square bracket ] 11-8-5 5D 5D &#93; &rsqb;
right tag > 0-6-8 7E 6E 3E &#62; &gt;
salinity &#137;
section sign § &#167; &sect;
semicolon ; 11-6-8 5E 5E 3B &#59; &semi;
single dagger &#134;
single quote mark
(typewriter)
' 5-8 7D† 7D 27 &#39;
single quote mark, left
(typographical)
&#145;
single quote mark, right
(typographical)
&#146;
slash / 0-1 61 61 2F &#47;
soft hyphen ­ &#173; &shy;
solid bullet &#149;
space   no punches 40 40 20 &#32;
space, non-breaking   &#160; &nbsp;
spacing cedilla ¸ &#184; &cedil;
spacing dieresis ¨ &#168;
spacing macron ¯ &#175; &macr;
square square 12-8-4 4C†
square bracket, left [ 12-8-5 4D 5B &#91; &lsqb;
square bracket, right ] 11-8-5 5D 5D &#93; &rsqb;
squared 2 &#178; &sup2;
superscript 1 1 &#185; &sup1;
superscript 2 2 &#178; &sup2;
superscript 3 3 &#179; &sup3;
three-quarters 3/4 &#190; &frac34;
tick mark ` 60 &#96;
tilde ~ 7E &#126; &tilde;
trademark sign &#153; &trade;
trademark, registered ® &#174; &reg;
tripled 3 &#179; &sup3;
typewriter
double quotation mark
" 7-8 7F 22 &#34; &quot;
typewriter
single quotation mark
' 5-8 7D† 7D 27 &#39;
typographical
apostrophe
&#146;
typographical
left double quote mark
&#147;
typographical
left single quote mark
&#145;
typographical
right double quote mark
&#146;
typographical
right single quote mark
&#146;
umlaut ¨ &#168; &uml;
underscore _ 0-5-8 6D 5F &#95; &lowbar;
vertical bar | 12-7-8 4F 7C &#124; &verbar;
vertical bar, broken ¦ &#166; &brvbar;
virgule / 0-1 61 61 2F &#47;
yen sign ¥ &#165; &yen;

† indicates a hexadecimal value shared by two different BCD characters.

sorted by numeric value

hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
00 00000000 0 NUL NUL
01 00000001 1 SOH SOH
02 00000010 2 STX STX
03 00000011 3 ETX ETX
04 00000100 4 PF EOT
05 00000101 5 HT ENQ
06 00000110 6 LC ACK
07 00000111 7 DEL BEL
08 00001000 8 BS
09 00001001 9 HT
0A 00001010 10 SMM LF
0B 00001011 11 VT VT
0C 00001100 12 FF FF
0D 00001101 13 CR CR
0E 00001110 14 SO SO
0F 00001111 15 SI SI
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
10 00010000 16 DLE DLE
11 00010001 17 DC1 DC1
12 00010010 18 DC2 DC2
13 00010011 19 TM DC3
14 00010100 20 RES DC4
15 00010101 21 NL NAK
16 00010110 22 BS SYN
17 00010111 23 IL ETB
18 00011000 24 CAN CAN
19 00011001 25 EM EM
1A 00011010 26 CC SUB
1B 00011011 27 CU1 ESC
1C 00011100 28 IFS FS
1D 00011101 29 IGS GS
1E 00011110 30 IRS RS
1F 00011111 31 IUS US
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
20 00100000 32 DS space
21 00100001 33 SOS !
22 00100010 34 FS " &quot;
23 00100011 35 # &num;
24 00100100 36 BYP $ &dollar;
25 00100101 37 LF % &percnt;
26 00100110 38 ETB & &amp;
27 00100111 39 ESC ' (apos) &apos;
28 00101000 40 ( &lpar;
29 00101001 41 ) &rpar;
2A 00101010 42 SM * &ast;
2B 00101011 43 CU2 +
2C 00101100 44 , (comma) &comma;
2D 00101101 45 ENQ - &hyphen;
2E 00101110 46 ACK . &period;
2F 00101111 47 BEL /
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
30 00110000 48 0
31 00110001 49 1
32 00110010 50 SYN 2
33 00110011 51 3
34 00110100 52 PN 4
35 00110101 53 RS 5
36 00110110 54 UC 6
37 00110111 55 EOT 7
38 00111000 56 8
39 00111001 57 9
3A 00111010 58 : &colon;
3B 00111011 59 CU3 ; &semi;
3C 00111100 60 DC4 < &lt;
3D 00111101 61 NAK =
3E 00111110 62 > &gt;
3F 00111111 63 SUB ?
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
40 01000000 64 space space @
41 01000001 65 A
42 01000010 66 B
43 01000011 67 C
44 01000100 68 D
45 01000101 69 E
46 01000110 70 F
47 01000111 71 G
48 01001000 72 H
49 01001001 73 I
4A 01001010 74 ¢ J
4B 01001011 75 . . K
4C 01001100 76 square ) < L
4D 01001101 77 [ ( M
4E 01001110 78 < + N
4F 01001111 79 | O
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
50 01010000 80 &+ & P
51 01010001 81 Q
52 01010010 82 R
53 01010011 83 S
54 01010100 84 T
55 01010101 85 U
56 01010110 86 V
57 01010111 87 W
58 01011000 88 X
59 01011001 89 Y
5A 01011010 90 ! Z
5B 01011011 91 $ $ [ &lsqb;
5C 01011100 92 * * \ &bsol;
5D 01011101 93 ] ) ] &rsqb;
5E 01011110 94 ; ; ^ &circ;
5F 01011111 95 ¬ _ &lowbar;
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
60 01100000 96 - - ` &grave;
61 01100001 97 / / a
62 01100010 98 b
63 01100011 99 c
64 01100100 100 d
65 01100101 101 e
66 01100110 102 f
67 01100111 103 g
68 01101000 104 h
69 01101001 105 i
6A 01101010 106 j
6B 01101011 107 , , k
6C 01101100 108 %( % l
6D 01101101 109 m
6E 01101110 110 > n
6F 01101111 111 ? o
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
70 01110000 112 p
71 01110001 113 q
72 01110010 114 r
73 01110011 115 s
74 01110100 116 t
75 01110101 117 u
76 01110110 118 v
77 01110111 119 w
78 01111000 120 x
79 01111001 121 y
7A 01111010 122 : z
7B 01111011 123 #- # { &lcub;
7C 01111100 124 @' @ | &verbar;
7D 01111101 125 : ' (apos) } &rcub;
7E 01111110 126 > = ~ &tilde;
7F 01111111 127 " DEL
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
80 10000000 128
81 10000001 129 a
82 10000010 130 b
83 10000011 131 c
84 10000100 132 d
85 10000101 133 e &ldots;
86 10000110 134 f
87 10000111 135 g
88 10001000 136 h &circ;
89 10001001 137 i
8A 10001010 138
8B 10001011 139
8C 10001100 140
8D 10001101 141
8E 10001110 142
8F 10001111 143
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
90 10010000 144
91 10010001 145 j
92 10010010 146 k
93 10010011 147 l
94 10010100 148 m
95 10010101 149 n
96 10010110 150 o &ndash;
97 10010111 151 p &mdash;
98 10011000 152 q
99 10011001 153 r &trade;
9A 10011010 154
9B 10011011 155
9C 10011100 156
9D 10011101 157
9E 10011110 158
9F 10011111 159
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
A0 10100000 160 &nbsp;
A1 10100001 161 &iexcl;
A2 10100010 162 s &cent;
A3 10100011 163 t &pound;
A4 10100100 164 u &curren;
A5 10100101 165 v &yen;
A6 10100110 166 w &brvbar;
A7 10100111 167 x &sect;
A8 10101000 168 y &uml;
A9 10101001 169 z &copy;
AA 10101010 170 &ordf;
AB 10101011 171 &laquo;
AC 10101100 172 &not;
AD 10101101 173 &shy;
AE 10101110 174 &reg;
AF 10101111 175 &macr;
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
B0 10110000 176 &deg;
B1 10110001 177 &plusmn;
B2 10110010 178 &sup2;
B3 10110011 179 &sup3;
B4 10110100 180 &acute;
B5 10110101 181 &micro;
B6 10110110 182 &para;
B7 10110111 183 &middot;
B8 10111000 184 &cedil;
B9 10111001 185 &sup1;
BA 10111010 186 &ordm;
BB 10111011 187 &raquo;
BC 10111100 188 &frac14;
BD 10111101 189 &frac12;
BE 10111110 190 &frac34;
BF 10111111 191 &iquest;
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
C0 11000000 192 ? &Agrave;
C1 11000001 193 A A &Aacute;
C2 11000010 194 B B &Acirc;
C3 11000011 195 C C &Atilde;
C4 11000100 196 D D &Auml;
C5 11000101 197 E E &Aring;
C6 11000110 198 F F &AElig;
C7 11000111 199 G G &Ccedil;
C8 11001000 200 H H &Egrave;
C9 11001001 201 I I &Eacute;
CA 11001010 202 &Ecirc;
CB 11001011 203 &Euml;
CC 11001100 204 &Igrave;
CD 11001101 205 &Iacute;
CE 11001110 206 &Icirc;
CF 11001111 207 &Iuml;
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
D0 11010000 208 ! &ETH;
D1 11010001 209 J J &Ntilde;
D2 11010010 210 K K &Ograve;
D3 11010011 211 L L &Oacute;
D4 11010100 212 M M &Ocirc;
D5 11010101 213 N N &Otilde;
D6 11010110 214 O O &Ouml;
D7 11010111 215 P P &times;
D8 11011000 216 Q Q &Oslash;
D9 11011001 217 R R &Ugrave;
DA 11011010 218 &Uacute;
DB 11011011 219 &Ucirc;
DC 11011100 220 &Uuml;
DD 11011101 221 &YAcute;
DE 11011110 222 &THORN;
DF 11011111 223 &szlig;
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
E0 11100000 224 &agrave;
E1 11100001 225 &aacute;
E2 11100010 226 S S &acirc;
E3 11100011 227 T T &atilde;
E4 11100100 228 U U &auml;
E5 11100101 229 V V &aring;
E6 11100110 230 W W &aelig;
E7 11100111 231 X X &ccedil;
E8 11101000 232 Y Y &egrave;
E9 11101001 233 Z Z &eacute;
EA 11101010 234 &ecirc;
EB 11101011 235 &euml;
EC 11101100 236 &igrave;
ED 11101101 237 &iacute;
EE 11101110 238 &icirc;
EF 11101111 239 &iuml;
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML
F0 11110000 240 0 0 &eth;
F1 11110001 241 1 1 &ntilde;
F2 11110010 242 2 2 &ograve;
F3 11110011 243 3 3 &oacute;
F4 11110100 244 4 4 &ocirc;
F5 11110101 245 5 5 &otilde;
F6 11110110 246 6 6 &ouml;
F7 11110111 247 7 7 &divide;
F8 11111000 248 8 8 &oslash;
F9 11111001 249 9 9 &ugrave;
FA 11111010 250 &uacute;
FB 11111011 251 &ucirc;
FC 11111100 252 &uuml;
FD 11111101 253 &yacute;
FE 11111110 254 &thorn;
FF 11111111 255 &yuml;
hex binary decimal BCD EBCDIC ASCII HTML

geek humor

    Where do the characters go when I use my backspace or delete them on my PC?

    Answer: The characters go to different places, depending on whom you ask:

    The Buddhist explanation: If a character has lived rightly, and its karma is good, then after it has been deleted it will be reincarnated as a different, higher character. Those funny characters above the numbers on your keyboard will become numbers, numbers will become letters, and lower-case letters will become upper-case.

    The 20th-century bitter cynical nihilist explanation: Who cares? It doesn’t really matter if they’re on the page, deleted, undeleted, underlined, etc. It’s all the same.

    The Mac user’s explanation: All the characters written on a PC and then deleted go to straight to PC hell. If you’re using a PC, you can probably see the deleted characters, because you’re in PC hell also.

    Stephen King’s explanation: Every time you hit the (Del) key you unleash a tiny monster inside the cursor, who tears the poor, unsuspecting characters to shreds, drinks their blood, then eats them, bones and all. Ha, ha, ha!

    The Christian Church’s approach to characters: The nice characters go to Heaven, where they are bathed in the light of happiness. The naughty characters are punished for their sins. Naughty characters are those involved in the creation of naughty words.

    Dave Barry’s explanation: The deleted characters are shipped to Battle Creek, Michigan, where they’re made into Pop-Tart filling; this explains why Pop-Tarts are so flammable, while cheap imitations are not flammable. I’m not making this up.

    IBM’s explanation: The characters are not real. They exist only on the screen when they are needed, as concepts, so to delete them is merely to de-conceptualize them. Get a life.

    PETA’s (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) explanation: You’ve been DELETING them??? Can’t you hear them SCREAMING??? W hy don’t you go CLUB some BABY SEALS while wearing a MINK, you pig!



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