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ISO/IEC 8859

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ISO/IEC 8859

Summary

ISO/IEC 8859 is an IEC standard[1]. It draws 124 Wikipedia views per month (iec_standard category, ranking #13 of 77).[2]

Key Facts

  • ISO/IEC 8859's instance of is recorded as IEC standard[3].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's instance of is recorded as ISO standard[4].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's follows is recorded as Q8815[5].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's followed by is recorded as Universal Character Set[6].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's Commons category is recorded as ISO 8859[7].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's ISO standard is recorded as 8859[8].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-1[9].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-2[10].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-3[11].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-4[12].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-5[13].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-6[14].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-7[15].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-8[16].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-9[17].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-10[18].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-11[19].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-13[20].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-14[21].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-15[22].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859-16[23].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's has part is recorded as C0 and C1 control codes[24].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03wb6[25].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's topic's main category is recorded as Category:ISO/IEC 8859[26].
  • ISO/IEC 8859's main subject is recorded as character encoding[27].

Body

Subject and Themes

ISO/IEC 8859's main subject is recorded as character encoding[27].

Adaptations and Inspiration

ISO/IEC 8859's follows is recorded as Q8815[5]. Its followed by is recorded as Universal Character Set[6].

Why It Matters

ISO/IEC 8859 draws 124 Wikipedia views per month (iec_standard category, ranking #13 of 77).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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