Everything about Hardware code page
Code page supported natively by a hardware device
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. The glyphs to present the characters are stored in the alphanumeric character generator's resident read-only memory and are thus not user-changeable. They are available for use by the system without having to load any font definitions into the device first. Startup messages issued by a 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. Wikipedia →
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American FilmAmerican Film Institute · 1975
Computer NetworksAndrew S. Tanenbaum, John David Wetherall · 1981
Modern Operating SystemsAndrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos · 1992
Invitation to Computer ScienceG. Michael Schneider, Judith L. Gersting · 1995
Introduction to Computing Using PythonLjubomir Perkovic · 2011
Digital planetGeorge Beekman, Ben Beekman · 2011
Sweating BulletsRobert Gaskins · 2012
Userʼs GuideMicrosoft Press, Chris DeVoney · 1984
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