KOI8-R

8-bit character set and encoding extending the 7-bit ASCII set for the Latin script to the Cyrillic script for the Russian and Bulgarian language
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KOI8-R

Summary

KOI8-R is a coded character set[1]. KOI8-R draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (coded_character_set category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • KOI8-R is the creator of Andrey Aleksandrovich Chernov[3].
  • KOI8-R's instance of is recorded as coded character set[4].
  • KOI8-R's part of is recorded as KOI-8[5].
  • KOI8-R's has use is recorded as Russian[6].
  • KOI8-R's has use is recorded as Bulgarian[7].
  • KOI8-R's Commons category is recorded as KOI8-R[8].
  • KOI8-R's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02whdk[9].
  • KOI8-R's described at URL is recorded as https://unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MISC/KOI8-R.TXT[10].
  • KOI8-R's described by source is recorded as RFC 1489: Registration of a Cyrillic Character Set[11].
  • KOI8-R's different from is recorded as KOI8-U[12].
  • KOI8-R's data size is recorded as {'unit': 'Q8805', 'amount': '+8'}[13].
  • KOI8-R's IBM graphic character set global ID is recorded as 00948[14].
  • KOI8-R's man page is recorded as koi8-r.7[15].

Body

Geography

KOI8-R's part of is recorded as KOI-8[5].

Designation and Status

KOI8-R's instance of is recorded as coded character set[4].

Why It Matters

KOI8-R draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (coded_character_set category, ranking #2 of 6).[2] KOI8-R has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). KOI8-R. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/koi8-r
MLA “KOI8-R.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/koi8-r.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_koi8-r_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{KOI8-R}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/koi8-r}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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