DEC Hebrew

{{Short description|8-bit character set supporting the Hebrew alphabet}}

{{Distinguish|DEC Hebrew (7-bit)}}

{{Infobox character encoding

|name = DEC Hebrew (8-bit)

|basedon = DEC MCS

|classification = Extended ASCII

|encodes = SI 960

|next = ISO/IEC 8859-8

|by = DEC

}}

The DEC Hebrew character set is an 8-bit character set developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) to support the Hebrew alphabet. It was derived from DEC's Multinational Character Set (MCS) by removing the existing definitions from code points 192 to 223 and 224 to 250 and replacing code points 251 to 256 by the Hebrew letters. This range corresponds to the Hebrew range of its 7-bit counterpart, but with the high bit set.

Since MCS is a predecessor of ISO/IEC 8859-1, DEC Hebrew is similar to ISO/IEC 8859-8 and the Windows code page 1255, that is, many characters in the range 160 to 191 are the same, and the Hebrew letters are at 192 to 250 in all three character sets.

Code page layout

{{chset-table-header1|DEC Hebrew (8-bit)}}
{{chset-left1|0x}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0000 NULL|NUL}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0001 START OF HEADING|SOH}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0002 START OF TEXT|STX}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0003 END OF TEXT|ETX}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0004 END OF TRANSMISSION|EOT}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0005 ENQUIRY|ENQ}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0006 ACKNOWLEDGE|ACK}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0007 BELL|BEL}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0008 BACKSPACE| BS }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0009 CHARACTER TABULATION| HT }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+000A LINE FEED (LF)| LF }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+000B LINE TABULATION| VT }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+000C FORM FEED (FF)| FF }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN (CR)| CR }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+000E SHIFT OUT| SO }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+000F SHIFT IN| SI  }}

{{chset-left1|1x}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0010 DATA LINK ESCAPE|DLE}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0011 DEVICE CONTROL ONE|DC1}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0012 DEVICE CONTROL TWO|DC2}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0013 DEVICE CONTROL THREE|DC3}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0014 DEVICE CONTROL FOUR|DC4}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0015 NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE|NAK}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0016 SYNCHRONOUS IDLE|SYN}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0017 END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK|ETB}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0018 CANCEL|CAN}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0019 END OF MEDIUM| EM }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+001A SUBSTITUTE|SUB}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+001B ESCAPE|ESC}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+001C INFORMATION SEPARATOR FOUR| FS }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+001D INFORMATION SEPARATOR THREE| GS }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+001E INFORMATION SEPARATOR TWO| RS }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+001F INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE| US }}

{{chset-left1|2x}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0020 SPACE| SP }}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0021 EXCLAMATION MARK|!}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0022 QUOTATION MARK|"}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0023 NUMBER SIGN|#}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0024 DOLLAR SIGN|$}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0025 PERCENT SIGN|%}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0026 AMPERSAND|&}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0027 APOSTROPHE|'}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0028 LEFT PARENTHESIS|(}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0029 RIGHT PARENTHESIS|)}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002A ASTERISK|*}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002B PLUS SIGN|+}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002C COMMA|,}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS|Hyphen-minus

}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002E FULL STOP|.}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002F SOLIDUS|/}}

{{chset-left1|3x}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0030 DIGIT ZERO|0}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0031 DIGIT ONE|1}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0032 DIGIT TWO|2}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0033 DIGIT THREE|3}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0034 DIGIT FOUR|4}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0035 DIGIT FIVE|5}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0036 DIGIT SIX|6}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0037 DIGIT SEVEN|7}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0038 DIGIT EIGHT|8}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0039 DIGIT NINE|9}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003A COLON|:}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003B SEMICOLON|;}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN|<}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003D EQUALS SIGN|{{=}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN|>}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003F QUESTION MARK|?}}

{{chset-left1|4x}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0040 COMMERCIAL AT|@}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0041 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A|A}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0042 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B|B}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0043 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C|C}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0044 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D|D}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0045 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E|E}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0046 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F|F}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0047 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G|G}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0048 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H|H}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0049 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I|I}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J|J}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004B LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K|K}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L|L}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M|M}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N|N}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004F LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O|O}}

{{chset-left1|5x}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0050 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P|P}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0051 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q|Q}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0052 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R|R}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0053 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S|S}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T|T}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0055 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U|U}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0056 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V|V}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0057 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W|W}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0058 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X|X}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0059 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y|Y}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z|Z}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+005B LEFT SQUARE BRACKET|[}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS|\}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+005D RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET|]}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+005E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT|^}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+005F LOW LINE|_}}

{{chset-left1|6x}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0060 GRAVE ACCENT|`}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0061 LATIN SMALL LETTER A|a}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0062 LATIN SMALL LETTER B|b}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0063 LATIN SMALL LETTER C|c}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0064 LATIN SMALL LETTER D|d}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0065 LATIN SMALL LETTER E|e}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0066 LATIN SMALL LETTER F|f}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0067 LATIN SMALL LETTER G|g}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0068 LATIN SMALL LETTER H|h}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0069 LATIN SMALL LETTER I|i}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+006A LATIN SMALL LETTER J|j}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+006B LATIN SMALL LETTER K|k}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+006C LATIN SMALL LETTER L|l}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+006D LATIN SMALL LETTER M|m}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+006E LATIN SMALL LETTER N|n}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+006F LATIN SMALL LETTER O|o}}

{{chset-left1|7x}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0070 LATIN SMALL LETTER P|p}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0071 LATIN SMALL LETTER Q|q}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0072 LATIN SMALL LETTER R|r}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0073 LATIN SMALL LETTER S|s}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0074 LATIN SMALL LETTER T|t}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0075 LATIN SMALL LETTER U|u}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0076 LATIN SMALL LETTER V|v}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0077 LATIN SMALL LETTER W|w}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0078 LATIN SMALL LETTER X|x}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0079 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y|y}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+007A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z|z}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+007B LEFT CURLY BRACKET|{}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+007C VERTICAL LINE|{{pipe}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+007D RIGHT CURLY BRACKET|Curly brackets

}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+007E TILDE|~}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+007F DELETE|DEL}}

|-

|{{chset-left1|8x}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0084 |IND}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0085 NEXT LINE (NEL)|NEL}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0086 START OF SELECTED AREA|SSA}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0087 END OF SELECTED AREA|ESA}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0088 CHARACTER TABULATION SET|HTS}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0089 CHARACTER TABULATION WITH JUSTIFICATION|HTJ}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+008A LINE TABULATION SET|VTS}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+008B PARTIAL LINE FORWARD|PLD}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+008C PARTIAL LINE BACKWARD|PLU}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+008D REVERSE LINE FEED| RI  }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+008E SINGLE SHIFT TWO|SS2}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+008F SINGLE SHIFT THREE|SS3}}

|-

|{{chset-left1|9x}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0090 DEVICE CONTROL STRING|DCS}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0091 PRIVATE USE ONE|PU1}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0092 PRIVATE USE TWO|PU2}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0093 SET TRANSMIT STATE|STS}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0094 CANCEL CHARACTER|CCH}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0095 MESSAGE WAITING|MW}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0096 START OF GUARDED AREA|SPA}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0097 END OF GUARDED AREA|EPA}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+009B CONTROL SEQUENCE INTRODUCER|CSI}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+009C STRING TERMINATOR| ST }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+009D OPERATING SYSTEM COMMAND|OSC}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+009E PRIVACY MESSAGE| PM }}

|{{chset-ctrl1|U+009F APPLICATION PROGRAM COMMAND|APC}}

|-

|{{chset-left1|Ax}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK|¡|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00A2 CENT SIGN|¢}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00A3 POUND SIGN|£}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00A5 YEN SIGN|¥}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00A7 SECTION SIGN|§}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00A4 CURRENCY SIGN|¤|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN|©}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00AA FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR|ª|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00AB LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK|«}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|-

|{{chset-left1|Bx}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00B0 DEGREE SIGN|°}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00B1 PLUS-MINUS SIGN|±}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00B2 SUPERSCRIPT TWO|²}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00B3 SUPERSCRIPT THREE|³}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00B5 MICRO SIGN|µ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN|}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT|·}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00B9 SUPERSCRIPT ONE|¹}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00BA MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR|º|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00BB RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK|»}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00BC VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER|¼}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00BD VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF|½}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00BF INVERTED QUESTION MARK|¿|style=background:#FFD}}

|-

|{{chset-left1|Cx}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|-

|{{chset-left1|Dx}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|-

|{{chset-left1|Ex}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05D0 HEBREW LETTER ALEF|א}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05D1 HEBREW LETTER BET|ב}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05D2 HEBREW LETTER GIMEL|ג}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05D3 HEBREW LETTER DALET|ד}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05D4 HEBREW LETTER HE|ה}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05D5 HEBREW LETTER VAV|ו}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05D6 HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN|ז}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05D7 HEBREW LETTER HET|ח}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05D8 HEBREW LETTER TET|ט}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05D9 HEBREW LETTER YOD|י}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05DA HEBREW LETTER FINAL KAF|ך}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05DB HEBREW LETTER KAF|כ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05DC HEBREW LETTER LAMED|ל}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05DD HEBREW LETTER FINAL MEM|ם}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05DE HEBREW LETTER MEM|מ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05DF HEBREW LETTER FINAL NUN|ן}}

|-

|{{chset-left1|Fx}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05E0 HEBREW LETTER NUN|נ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05E1 HEBREW LETTER SAMEKH|ס}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05E2 HEBREW LETTER AYIN|ע}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05E3 HEBREW LETTER FINAL PE|ף}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05E4 HEBREW LETTER PE|פ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05E5 HEBREW LETTER FINAL TSADI|ץ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05E6 HEBREW LETTER TSADI|צ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05E7 HEBREW LETTER QOF|ק}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05E8 HEBREW LETTER RESH|ר}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05E9 HEBREW LETTER SHIN|ש}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+05EA HEBREW LETTER TAV|ת}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDA}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

|}

{{legend|#FFD|Differences from ISO-8859-8}}

See also

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkajBQAAQBAJ |title=Digital Guide To Developing International Software |publisher=Digital Equipment Corporation |id=EY-F577E-DP |date=1991 |author-first=Cynthia |author-last=Hartman Kennelly |editor-first=Jacqueline |editor-last=Unch |edition=1 |isbn=1-55558-063-7}}

}}

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