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{{anchor|Fontpage|Display|Printer|Default}}In computing, a '''hardware code page''' ('''HWCP''') refers to a [[code page]] supported natively by a hardware device such as a [[display adapter]] or [[printer (computing)|printer]]. The [[glyph]]s to present the characters are stored in the [[alphanumeric character generator]]'s resident read-only memory (like [[Read-only memory|ROM]] or flash) and are thus not user-changeable.<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref name="XyWrite_2009"/><ref name="Phoenix_1991_BIOS"/> They are available for use by the system without having to load any [[computer font|font]] definitions into the device first. Startup messages issued by a [[Personal computer|PC]]'s [[System BIOS]] or displayed by an [[operating system]] before initializing its own code page switching logic and font management and before switching to [[graphics mode]] are displayed in a computer's '''default hardware code page'''.
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<ref name="Chen_2005_CP">{{cite web |title=Keep your eye on the code page |author-first=Raymond |author-last=Chen |author-link=Raymond Chen (Microsoft) |work=The Old New Thing |date=2005-03-08 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050308-00/?p=36253 |access-date=2016-06-12 |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612213558/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050308-00/?p=36253 |archive-date=2016-06-12}}
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<ref name="Chen_2005_OEM">{{cite web |title=Why is the default console codepage called "OEM"? |author-first=Raymond |author-last=Chen |author-link=Raymond Chen (Microsoft) |work=The Old New Thing |date=2005-08-29 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050829-00/?p=34403 |access-date=2016-06-12 |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612214003/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050829-00/?p=34403 |archive-date=2016-06-12}}
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<ref name="Phoenix_1991_BIOS">{{cite book |title=System BIOS for IBM PCs, Compatibles, and EISA Computers — The Complete Guide to ROM-Based System Software |author=Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. |author-link=Phoenix Technologies |series=Phoenix Technical Reference Series |publisher=[[Addison Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.]] |edition=2nd |year=June 1991 |___location=Amsterdam |isbn=0-201-57760-7 |pages=140–141}}
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