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* In [[Microsoft Windows]], symbols and accented characters not found on the keyboard are inserted by holding down the ''Alt'' key and typing a number on the [[numeric keypad]]; see [[Windows Alt keycodes]]. Characters are stored on your computer as numbers; each letter or symbol is represented by a number. To make sure that text looks the same on all computers, there is a standard called [[Unicode]] that defines which numbers are mapped to which characters. Due to the number of alphabets in the world, Unicode defines tens of thousands of characters.
* A variant of alt codes are Alt-X codes; in WordPad and [[Microsoft Word]] 2002/2003 for Windows, the keystroke <code>Alt + x</code> will convert a hexadecimal number to the corresponding character; see [[Unicode#Input methods|Unicode input methods]]. Cardbox Software has created a [http://www.cardbox.com/quick/download.htm free utility] ([[Quick Key]]) that is supposed to enable Alt-X codes throughout Windows.
* The [[Linux]] [[console]] supports Alt codes using the same method as with Windows.
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