Hardware code page
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hardware-code-page-268-6179657
title:
Hardware code page
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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 initializin
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Code page supported natively by a hardware device
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_code_page
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2024-03-12T16:56:49Z
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