Alphanumeric Codes
Alphanumeric Codes
Alphanumeric Codes
Abbreviations
ACK Acknowledge EM End of medium NAK -ve acknowledge
BEL Bell ENQ Enquiry NUL Null
BS Backspace EOT End of transmission RS Record separator
CAN Cancel ESC Escape SI Shift in
CR Carriage return ETB End of transmission block SO Shift out
DC1 Direct control 1 ETX End of text SOH Start text
DC2 Direct control 2 FF Form Feed STX Start text
DC3 Direct control 3 FS Form separator SUB Substitute
DC4 Direct control 4 GS Group separator SYN Synchronous idle
DEL Delete idle HT Horizontal tab US Unit separator
DLE Data link escape LF Line feed VT Vertical tab
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Table 3: The EBCDIC code MSD (Hex)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 NUL DLE DS SP & [ ] \ 0
1 SOH DCI SOS a j ~ A J 1
2 STX DC2 FS SYN / b k s B K S 2
3 ETX DC3 c l t C L T 3
4 PF RES BYP PN d m u D M U 4
5 HT NL LF RS e n v E N V 5
L
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6 LC BS EOB YC f o w F O W 6
D 7 DEL IL PRE EOT g p x G P X 7
8 CAN h q y H Q Y 8
9 EM i r z I R Z 9
A SMM CC SM Ꝋ ! I :
B VT . $ , #
C FF IFS DC4 < * % @
D CR IGS ENQ NAK ( ) - ‘
E SO IRS ACK + ; > =
F SI IUS BEL SUB I ’ ? ’
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