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Line 1: In computing, a '''legacy encoding''' is a [[character encoding]] that can't represent all of [[Unicode]], but is still used for compatibility or other reasons. Many legacy encodings predate Unicode, while others are slight modifications to older encodings to support important new characters such as the [[~~Euro symbol\|~~euro sign]] (€) or to satisfy countries that felt there were significant omissions for their language. The best known such encoding is probably [[ISO-8859-15]]. Legacy encodings are numerous, and include the following major groups:

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