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Windows-1256

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Also known as Code page 1256, CP1256

Windows-1256 is a code page used under Microsoft Windows to write Arabic and other languages that use Arabic script, such as Persian and Urdu.

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Windows-1256 is a code page used under Microsoft Windows to write Arabic and other languages that use Arabic script, such as Persian and Urdu.

This code page is neither compatible with ISO/IEC 8859-6 nor the MacArabic encoding.

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quotation mark
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hamza
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Arabic diacritic
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guillemet
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ISO/IEC 646
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Arabic nunation
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Urdu
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question mark
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comma
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semicolon
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circumflex
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aleph
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vertical bar
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