code page 862

{{Short description|Digital text encoding}}

{{Infobox character encoding

|name = Code page 862

|mime = IBM862

|alias = cp862, 862, csPC862LatinHebrew{{Citation|title=Character Sets|url=https://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets/character-sets.xhtml|publisher=Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)|date=2018-12-12}}

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Code page 862 (CCSID 862){{cite web|title=CCSID 862 information document|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328022012/http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/ccsid/ccsid862.html|archive-date=2016-03-28|url=http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/ccsid/ccsid862.html}} (also known as CP 862, IBM 00862, OEM 862 (Hebrew),

MS-DOS Hebrew) is a code page used under DOS in Israel for Hebrew.{{cite web|title=Code page 862 information document|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000114/http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/cp/cp00862.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url=https://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/cp/cp00862.html}}

Like ISO 8859-8, it encodes only letters, not vowel-points or cantillation marks. As DOS had no inherent bidirectionality support,{{cn|date=July 2014|reason=Normal Western issues of DOS didn't, but IIRC HDOS did.}} Hebrew text encoded using code page 862 was usually stored in visual order; nevertheless, a few DOS applications, notably a word processor named EinsteinWriter, stored Hebrew in logical order.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

Code page 862 was replaced by Windows-1255 in Windows 3.x and 9x systems, and later by Unicode in Windows NT onwards. It is now obsolete.

Character set

The following table shows code page 862. It has the Hebrew letters in code positions 128–154 (80–9Ahex), but otherwise it is identical to code page 437. Each character is shown with its equivalent Unicode code point. Only the second half of the table (code points 128–255) is shown, the first half (code points 0–127) being the same as code page 437.

{{chset-table-header1|Code page 862{{Citation|title=Code Page CPGID 00862 (pdf)|url=https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/globalization/gcoc/attachments/CP00862.pdf|publisher=IBM}}{{Citation|title=Code Page CPGID 00862 (txt)|url=https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/globalization/gcoc/attachments/CP00862.txt|publisher=IBM}}{{Citation|title=International Components for Unicode (ICU), ibm-862_P100-1995.ucm|url=https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/data/mappings/ibm-862_P100-1995.ucm|date=2002-12-03}}}}
{{chset-left1|8x}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+128 U+05D0 HEBREW LETTER ALEF|א|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+129 U+05D1 HEBREW LETTER BET|ב|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+130 U+05D2 HEBREW LETTER GIMEL|ג|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+131 U+05D3 HEBREW LETTER DALET|ד|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+132 U+05D4 HEBREW LETTER HE|ה|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+133 U+05D5 HEBREW LETTER VAV|ו|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+134 U+05D6 HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN|ז|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+135 U+05D7 HEBREW LETTER HET|ח|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+136 U+05D8 HEBREW LETTER TET|ט|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+137 U+05D9 HEBREW LETTER YOD|י|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+138 U+05DA HEBREW LETTER FINAL KAF|ך|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+139 U+05DB HEBREW LETTER KAF|כ|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+140 U+05DC HEBREW LETTER LAMED|ל|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+141 U+05DD HEBREW LETTER FINAL MEM|ם|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+142 U+05DE HEBREW LETTER MEM|מ|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+143 U+05DF HEBREW LETTER FINAL NUN|ן|style=background:#FFD}}

{{chset-left1|9x}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+144 U+05E0 HEBREW LETTER NUN|נ|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+145 U+05E1 HEBREW LETTER SAMEKH|ס|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+146 U+05E2 HEBREW LETTER AYIN|ע|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+147 U+05E3 HEBREW LETTER FINAL PE|ף|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+148 U+05E4 HEBREW LETTER PE|פ|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+149 U+05E5 HEBREW LETTER FINAL TSADI|ץ|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+150 U+05E6 HEBREW LETTER TSADI|צ|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+151 U+05E7 HEBREW LETTER QOF|ק|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+152 U+05E8 HEBREW LETTER RESH|ר|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+153 U+05E9 HEBREW LETTER SHIN|ש|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+154 U+05EA HEBREW LETTER TAV|ת|style=background:#FFD}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+155 U+00A2 CENT SIGN|¢}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+156 U+00A3 POUND SIGN|£}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+157 U+00A5 YEN SIGN|¥}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+158 U+20A7 PESETA SIGN|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+159 U+0192 LATIN SMALL LETTER F WITH HOOK|ƒ}}

{{chset-left1|Ax}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+160 U+00E1 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE|á}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+161 U+00ED LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE|í}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+162 U+00F3 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE|ó}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+163 U+00FA LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE|ú}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+164 U+00F1 LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE|ñ}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+165 U+00D1 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE|Ñ}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+166 U+00AA FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR|ª}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+167 U+00BA MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR|º}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+168 U+00BF INVERTED QUESTION MARK|¿}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+169 U+2310 REVERSED NOT SIGN|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+170 U+00AC NOT SIGN|¬}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+171 U+00BD VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF|½}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+172 U+00BC VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER|¼}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+173 U+00A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK|¡}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+174 U+00AB LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK|«}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+175 U+00BB RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK|»}}

{{chset-left1|Bx}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+176 U+2591 LIGHT SHADE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+177 U+2592 MEDIUM SHADE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+178 U+2593 DARK SHADE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+179 U+2502 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+180 U+2524 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND LEFT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+181 U+2561 BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+182 U+2562 BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+183 U+2556 BOX DRAWINGS DOWN DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+184 U+2555 BOX DRAWINGS DOWN SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+185 U+2563 BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND LEFT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+186 U+2551 BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+187 U+2557 BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND LEFT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+188 U+255D BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND LEFT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+189 U+255C BOX DRAWINGS UP DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+190 U+255B BOX DRAWINGS UP SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+191 U+2510 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND LEFT|}}

{{chset-left1|Cx}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+192 U+2514 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND RIGHT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+193 U+2534 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+194 U+252C BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+195 U+251C BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND RIGHT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+196 U+2500 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT HORIZONTAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+197 U+253C BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+198 U+255E BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+199 U+255F BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+200 U+255A BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND RIGHT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+201 U+2554 BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND RIGHT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+202 U+2569 BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND HORIZONTAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+203 U+2566 BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND HORIZONTAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+204 U+2560 BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND RIGHT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+205 U+2550 BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE HORIZONTAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+206 U+256C BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+207 U+2567 BOX DRAWINGS UP SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE|}}

{{chset-left1|Dx}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+208 U+2568 BOX DRAWINGS UP DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+209 U+2564 BOX DRAWINGS DOWN SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+210 U+2565 BOX DRAWINGS DOWN DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+211 U+2559 BOX DRAWINGS UP DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+212 U+2558 BOX DRAWINGS UP SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+213 U+2552 BOX DRAWINGS DOWN SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+214 U+2553 BOX DRAWINGS DOWN DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+215 U+256B BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+216 U+256A BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+217 U+2518 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND LEFT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+218 U+250C BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND RIGHT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+219 U+2588 FULL BLOCK|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+220 U+2584 LOWER HALF BLOCK|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+221 U+258C LEFT HALF BLOCK|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+222 U+2590 RIGHT HALF BLOCK|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+223 U+2580 UPPER HALF BLOCK|}}

{{chset-left1|Ex}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+224 U+03B1 GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA|α}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+225 U+00DF LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S|ß}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+226 U+0393 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA|Γ}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+227 U+03C0 GREEK SMALL LETTER PI|π}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+228 U+03A3 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA|Σ}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+229 U+03C3 GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA|σ}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+230 U+00B5 MICRO SIGN|µ}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+231 U+03C4 GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU|τ}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+232 U+03A6 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI|Φ}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+233 U+0398 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA|Θ}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+234 U+03A9 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA|Ω}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+235 U+03B4 GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA|δ}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+236 U+221E INFINITY|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+237 U+03C6 GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI|φ}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+238 U+03B5 GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON|ε}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+239 U+2229 INTERSECTION|}}

{{chset-left1|Fx}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+240 U+2261 IDENTICAL TO|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+241 U+00B1 PLUS-MINUS SIGN|±}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+242 U+2265 GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+243 U+2264 LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+244 U+2320 TOP HALF INTEGRAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+245 U+2321 BOTTOM HALF INTEGRAL|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+246 U+00F7 DIVISION SIGN|÷}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+247 U+2248 ALMOST EQUAL TO|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+248 U+00B0 DEGREE SIGN|°}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+249 U+2219 BULLET OPERATOR|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+250 U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT|·}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+251 U+221A SQUARE ROOT|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+252 U+207F SUPERSCRIPT LATIN SMALL LETTER N|}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+253 U+00B2 SUPERSCRIPT TWO|²}}

|{{chset-cell1|Alt+254 U+25A0 BLACK SQUARE|}}

|{{chset-ctrl1|Alt+255 U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE|NBSP}}

{{legend|#FFD|Differences from code page 437}}

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc195071.aspx |title=Code Page 862 MS-DOS Hebrew |work=Developing International Software |date=6 February 2008 |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=25 Nov 2011 }}

{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/cc305165 |title=OEM 862 |work=Go Global Developer Center |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=25 Nov 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221031750/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/cc305165|archive-date=2010-12-21 }}

{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964655 |title=Code Pages Supported by Windows: OEM Code Pages |work=Go Global Developer Center |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=11 Oct 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102135644/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964655 |archive-date=2 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/PC/CP862.TXT |title=cp862_DOSHebrew to Unicode table |format=TXT |publisher=The Unicode Consortium |access-date=25 Nov 2011 }}

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See also

{{Hebrew encodings}}

{{Character encoding}}

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