Code page 869: Difference between revisions

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Adding short description: "DOS Code page"
Clarify use. Other things besides the Greek language are written with the Greek alphabet.
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|alias = cp869, 869, cp-gr<ref>{{Citation|title=Character Sets|url=https://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets/character-sets.xhtml|publisher=[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA)|date=2018-12-12}}</ref>
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'''Code page 869''' ([[CCSID]] 869) (CP 869, IBM 869, OEM 869) is a [[code page]] used under [[DOS]] to write characters from the [[Greek languagealphabet]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CCSID 869 information document|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201213456/http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/ccsid/ccsid869.html|archive-date=2014-12-01|url=http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/ccsid/ccsid869.html}}</ref> It is also called DOS Greek 2.<ref name=DIS/> It was designed to include all characters from [[ISO 8859-7]].
 
Code page 869 was not as popular as [[code page 737]].