Windows-1256
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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.
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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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