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Sets of characters used in the 1980s & 90s

Windows code pages are sets of characters or code pages used in Microsoft Windows from the 1980s and 1990s. Windows code pages were gradually superseded when Unicode was implemented in Windows, although they are still supported both within Windows and other platforms, and still apply when Alt code shortcuts are used. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Windows code pageA 5-minute orientation
  2. Pick up a classic book: BibleThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  3. Read the landmark paper: Windows Memory Forensics: Detecting (Un)Intentionally Hidden Injected Code by Examining Page Table EntriesCited 37 times
  4. Go sideways: Windows-1252A closely related topic
  5. Go sideways: Code page 862A closely related topic

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🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. ANSI code page
  2. OEM code page
  3. History
  4. List
  5. Problems arising from the use of code pages

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

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