Code page 720 explained

Code page 720 (CCSID 720)^[1] (also known as CP 720, IBM 00720, and OEM 720) is a code page used under DOS to write Arabic in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.^[2] The Windows (ANSI) code page for Arabic is Windows-1256.

Character set

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.

References

1. Web site: CCSID 720 information document. https://web.archive.org/web/20160327100212/http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/ccsid/ccsid720.html. 2016-03-27.
2. Web site: Code page 720 information document. https://web.archive.org/web/20170116144609/https://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/cp/cp00720.html. 2017-01-16.

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