Revision as of 19:18, 24 August 2025 edit W.andrea (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers 9,159 edits →Keyboard layout: MOS:NOTE ← Previous edit		Latest revision as of 19:24, 24 August 2025 edit undo W.andrea (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers 9,159 edits →Character sets: tag jargon: "on the wire". My best guess is it means "in transmission", but that doesn't really make sense.
Line 3: ==Character sets== Due to its origins on [[IBM]] [[IBM Selectric typewriter\|Selectric]]-based [[teleprinter]]s, APL symbols have traditionally been represented on the wire{{jargon inline\|date=August 2025}} using a unique, non-standard character set. In the 1960s and 1970s, few terminal devices existed which could reproduce them, the most popular ones being the [[IBM 2741]] and [[IBM 1050]] fitted with a specific APL print head. Over time, with the universal use of high-quality graphic display, printing devices and [[Unicode]] support, the APL character font problem has largely been eliminated. ===Character repertoire===

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