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Perso-Arabic Script Code for Information Interchange

{{Short description|Indian government standard}}

Perso-Arabic Script Code for Information Interchange (PASCII) is one of the Indian government standards for encoding languages using writing systems based on Perso-Arabic alphabet, in particular Kashmiri, Persian, Sindhi and Urdu. The ISCII encoding was originally intended to cover both the Brahmi-derived writing systems of India and the Arabic-based systems, but it was subsequently decided to encode the Arabic-based writing systems separately.

PASCII has now been rendered largely obsolete by Unicode. The encoding of the Arabic script in Unicode is based on ISO/IEC 8859-6{{cite web |title=The Unicode Standard v15.0 Chapter 9 |url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.0.0/ch09.pdf}} rather than PASCII

Codepage layout

The following table shows the character set for PASCII. Each character is shown with its decimal code and its Unicode equivalent.

{{chset-table-header1|PASCII}}
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| {{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: ALERT | BEL }}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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| {{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  }}

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| {{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 | - }}

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

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

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| {{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 | ? }}

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| {{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 }}

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| {{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 | _ }}

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| {{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 }}

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| {{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 | | }}

| {{chset-cell1 | U+007D: RIGHT CURLY BRACKET | } }}

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

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

{{chset-left1|8x}}

|{{chset-cell1

|style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0640 ARABIC TATWEEL|ـ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0627 ARABIC LETTER ALEF|ا}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0622 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE|آ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0628 ARABIC LETTER BEH|ب}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+067B ARABIC LETTER BEEH|ٻ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0680 ARABIC LETTER BEHEH|ڀ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+067E ARABIC LETTER PEH|پ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06A6 ARABIC LETTER PEHEH|ڦ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+062A ARABIC LETTER TEH|ت}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0629 ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA|ة}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+067F ARABIC LETTER TEHEH|ٿ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0679 ARABIC LETTER TTEH|ٹ|fn={{efn|This character is displayed as ٽ (Unicode point 067D) for Sindhi texts.}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+067A ARABIC LETTER TTEHEH|ٺ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+062B ARABIC LETTER THEH|ث}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+062C ARABIC LETTER JEEM|ج}}

{{chset-left1|9x}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0684 ARABIC LETTER DYEH|ڄ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0683 ARABIC LETTER NYEH|ڃ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0686 ARABIC LETTER TCHEH|چ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0687 ARABIC LETTER TCHEHEH|ڇ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+062D ARABIC LETTER HAH|ح}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+062E ARABIC LETTER KHAH|خ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+062F ARABIC LETTER DAL|د}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+068C ARABIC LETTER DAHAL|ڌ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0688 ARABIC LETTER DDAL|ڈ|fn={{efn|This character is displayed as ڊ (Unicode point 068A) for Sindhi texts.}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+068F ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE DOWNWARDS|ڏ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+068D ARABIC LETTER DDAHAL|ڍ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0630 ARABIC LETTER THAL|ذ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0631 ARABIC LETTER REH|ر}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0691 ARABIC LETTER RREH|ڑ|fn={{efn|This character is displayed as ڙ (Unicode point 0699) for Sindhi texts.}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0699 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH FOUR DOTS ABOVE U+FEEC ARABIC LETTER HEH MEDIAL FORM|ڙﻬ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0632 ARABIC LETTER ZAIN|ز}}

{{chset-left1|Ax}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0698 ARABIC LETTER JEH|ژ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0633 ARABIC LETTER SEEN|س}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0634 ARABIC LETTER SHEEN|ش}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0635 ARABIC LETTER SAD|ص}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0636 ARABIC LETTER DAD|ض}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0637 ARABIC LETTER TAH|ط}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0638 ARABIC LETTER ZAH|ظ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0639 ARABIC LETTER AIN|ع}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+063A ARABIC LETTER GHAIN|غ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0641 ARABIC LETTER FEH|ف}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0642 ARABIC LETTER QAF|ق}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06AA ARABIC LETTER SWASH KAF|ڪ|fn={{efn|This character is usually displayed as ک (Unicode point 06A9) in non-Sindhi texts. See also: Khē}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06A9 ARABIC LETTER KEHEH|ک}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06AF ARABIC LETTER GAF|گ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06B3 ARABIC LETTER GUEH|ڳ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06B1 ARABIC LETTER NGOEH|ڱ}}

{{chset-left1|Bx}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0644 ARABIC LETTER LAM|ل}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0645 ARABIC LETTER MEEM|م}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0646 ARABIC LETTER NOON|ن}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06BA ARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA|ں}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06BB ARABIC LETTER RNOON|ڻ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0648 ARABIC LETTER WAW|و}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06C4 ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH RING|ۄ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0647 ARABIC LETTER HEH|ه}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06BE ARABIC LETTER HEH DOACHASHMEE|ھ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0621 ARABIC LETTER HAMZA|ء}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0649 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA|ى}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0620 ARABIC LETTER KASHMIRI YEH|ؠ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06D3 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE WITH HAMZA ABOVE|ۓ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06D2 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE|ے}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+064E ARABIC FATHA|َ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0650 ARABIC KASRA|ِ}}

{{chset-left1|Cx}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+064F ARABIC DAMMA|ُ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0657 ARABIC INVERTED DAMMA|ٗ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0654 ARABIC HAMZA ABOVE|ٔ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0655 ARABIC HAMZA BELOW|ٕ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0654 ARABIC HAMZA ABOVE|ٔ|fn={{efn|name=kash|This code space is used for Kashmiri hamza, an orthographic variation not used in Unicode. This diacritic on an alif is 0672 in Unicode.}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+065F ARABIC WAVY HAMZA BELOW|ٟ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0651 ARABIC SHADDA|ّ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0653 ARABIC MADDAH ABOVE|ٓ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06E1 ARABIC SMALL HIGH DOTLESS HEAD OF KHAH|ۡ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0670 ARABIC LETTER SUPERSCRIPT ALEF|ٰ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0656 ARABIC SUBSCRIPT ALEF|ٖ}}

|{{chset-cell1

|fn={{efn|name=diacritic|This diacritic currently has no Unicode support.{{cn|date=August 2024}} This diacritic on an alif is 0671 in Unicode.}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS|…}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0614 ARABIC SIGN TAKHALLUS|ؔ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+060C ARABIC COMMA|،}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0610 ARABIC SIGN SALLALLAHOU ALAYHE WASSALLAM|ؐ}}

{{chset-left1|Dx}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0613 ARABIC SIGN RADI ALLAHOU ANHU|ؓ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0612 ARABIC SIGN RAHMATULLAH ALAYHE|ؒ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0611 ARABIC SIGN ALAYHE ASSALLAM|ؑ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+08D7 ARABIC SMALL HIGH QAF|ࣗ}}

|{{chset-cell1

|fn={{efn|name=super|This combining superscript letter kaf currently has no Unicode support.{{cn|date=August 2024}}}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06D9 ARABIC SMALL HIGH LAM ALEF|ۙ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06DA ARABIC SMALL HIGH JEEM|ۚ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06E2 ARABIC SMALL HIGH MEEM ISOLATED FORM|ۢ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0601 ARABIC SIGN SANAH|؁|fn={{efn|name=punctuation|This punctuation mark currently has no Unicode support.{{cn|date=August 2024}} Nearest equivalent shown.}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+066A ARABIC PERCENT SIGN|٪}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+066C ARABIC THOUSANDS SEPARATOR|٬}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+066B ARABIC DECIMAL SEPARATOR|٫}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06F0 EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT ZERO|۰}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06F1 EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT ONE|۱}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06F2 EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT TWO|۲}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06F3 EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT THREE|۳}}

{{chset-left1|Ex}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06F4 EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT FOUR|۴}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06F5 EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT FIVE|۵}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06F6 EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT SIX|۶}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06F7 EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT SEVEN|۷}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06F8 EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT EIGHT|۸}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06F9 EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT NINE|۹}}

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

|{{chset-cell1|U+201C LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK|“}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+201D RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK|”}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK|‘}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK|’}}

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

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

|{{chset-cell1|U+066D ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR|٭}}

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

|{{chset-ctrl1

ATR}}
{{chset-left1|Fx}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS|-}}

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

|{{chset-cell1|U+061B ARABIC SEMICOLON|؛}}

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

|{{chset-cell1|U+061F ARABIC QUESTION MARK|؟}}

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

|{{chset-cell1|U+06D4 ARABIC FULL STOP|۔}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+06DD ARABIC END OF AYAH|۝}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+25CF BLACK CIRCLE|●|fn={{efn|name=punctuation}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+066C ARABIC THOUSANDS SEPARATOR|٬}}

|{{chset-ctrl1

 DM }}

|{{chset-ctrl1

 LB }}

|{{chset-cell1|U+25CC DOTTED CIRCLE|◌|fn={{efn|name=punctuation}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT|·}}

|{{chset-cell1

|style=background:#DDD}}

|{{chset-cell1

|style=background:#DDD}}

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References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20061219231709/http://parc.cdac.in/PASCii.htm PASCII at Center for Development of Advanced Computing]

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