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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. Legacy encodings include national, international and vendor encoding standards. <ref>[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/unicode-db-process/ "Processing database information using Unicode, a case study"], [[IBM]] developmentWorks, [[1 September]] [[1999]] </ref>