Character encoding: Revision history

27 March 2025

• curprev 21:2821:28, 27 March 2025 Discospinster talk contribs m 32,772 bytes −227 Reverted edits by 2603:7000:93F0:9300:BCC3:29CD:D888:E1F3 (talk) (HG) (3.4.13) undo Tags: Huggle Rollback
• curprev 21:2821:28, 27 March 2025 2603:7000:93f0:9300:bcc3:29cd:d888:e1f3 talk 32,999 bytes +227 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

10 February 2025

• curprev 17:2117:21, 10 February 2025 Strebe talk contribs 32,772 bytes 0 No edit summary undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 15:3515:35, 10 February 2025 134.250.75.176 talk 32,772 bytes −1 No edit summary undo Tag: Reverted
• curprev 15:3415:34, 10 February 2025 134.250.75.176 talk 32,773 bytes +1 No edit summary undo Tags: Manual revert Reverted

9 February 2025

• curprev 09:2709:27, 9 February 2025 Materialscientist talk contribs m 32,772 bytes +53 Reverted edits by 183.91.104.66 (talk) to last version by Remsense undo Tags: Rollback Reverted
• curprev 08:1908:19, 9 February 2025 183.91.104.66 talk 32,719 bytes −49 Xoa undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
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4 February 2025

• curprev 19:0219:02, 4 February 2025 Remsense talk contribs 32,772 bytes −1 Undid revision 1273947828 by 134.250.1.86 (talk): it really does not. moreover, the use of the capital E (aka 1000101, as opposed to lower case e's 1100101) is quite clearly wrong undo Tags: Undo Reverted
• curprev 18:3418:34, 4 February 2025 134.250.1.86 talk 32,773 bytes +1 The binary of E shows more then W for explanation purposes undo Tags: Manual revert Reverted
• curprev 16:1316:13, 4 February 2025 Remsense talk contribs 32,772 bytes −1 Reverting edit(s) by 134.250.75.176 (talk) to rev. 1271945858 by The Anome: Non-constructive edit (UV 0.1.6) undo Tags: Ultraviolet Undo Reverted
• curprev 16:0216:02, 4 February 2025 134.250.75.176 talk 32,773 bytes +1 No edit summary undo Tag: Reverted

26 January 2025

• curprev 12:4512:45, 26 January 2025 The Anome talk contribs 32,772 bytes +32 Category:Digital typography undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

19 December 2024

• curprev 17:5617:56, 19 December 2024 Tamzin talk contribs 32,740 bytes −36 Removing link(s) to deleted page Code page 852 undo Tag: Twinkle
• curprev 17:5617:56, 19 December 2024 Tamzin talk contribs 32,776 bytes −36 Removing link(s) to deleted page Code page 855 undo Tag: Twinkle
• curprev 17:5617:56, 19 December 2024 Tamzin talk contribs 32,812 bytes −18 Removing link(s) to deleted page Code page 860 undo Tag: Twinkle

18 December 2024

• curprev 06:0006:00, 18 December 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 32,830 bytes −1 →History: Too many commas. Sorry about that. undo
• curprev 03:2703:27, 18 December 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 32,831 bytes −29 →History: Just link BCD (character encoding); some may encode digit characters as their binary value, but the 702 code, for example, doesn't encode '0' as six bits of 0 plus a parity bit, for example, so don't over-emphasize the numerical aspect of "BCD" here. undo

17 December 2024

• curprev 23:1423:14, 17 December 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 32,860 bytes +192 →History: Mention various 8-bit extended ASCII encodings. (This should probably also mention multi-byte encodings used, for example, for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.) undo
• curprev 22:4722:47, 17 December 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 32,668 bytes −199 →History: Put Hollerith after Baudot, followed by a paragraph that introduces early computing equipment codes, followed by a paragraph about early computer encoding schemes, leading up to EBCDIC. Follow that with a paragraph about Fieldata and ASCII. undo
• curprev 22:3522:35, 17 December 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 32,867 bytes +391 →History: Note that early computers also provided limited encodings; give the UNIVAC I and IBM 705 six-bit encodings as examples. undo
• curprev 22:2522:25, 17 December 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 32,476 bytes +242 Early computers also introduced similarly limited encodings; see, for example, http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/705/22-6042-0_IBM_705_EDPM_-_Code_Chart.pdf. Note that more expansive encodings were introduced over time, both standardized and vendor-created, and give some examples, ending with the Unicode encodings UTF-8 and UTF-16. Speak of "character encodings". This avoids discussion of the reasons why encodings started out small and grew over time (that would require citations). undo
• curprev 21:5621:56, 17 December 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 32,234 bytes −209 I'm unconvinced that the mere advent of digital computing enabled Unicode. See talk page. undo

19 November 2024

• curprev 20:3620:36, 19 November 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 32,443 bytes +68 I think that is, at best, an oversimplification. undo
• curprev 18:5118:51, 19 November 2024 Strebe talk contribs 32,375 bytes −22 Not true: Unicode was computationally feasible from the outset, merely implying half the quantity of text storage in a typical worse case. Furthermore, that edit destroyed the context, which was to contrast with teletype, leaving a huge gap between then and… whenever. Undid revision 1258421316 by Guy Harris (talk) undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 17:0017:00, 19 November 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 32,397 bytes +22 The advent of digital computing was in the 1950s, long before Unicode. Cheaper storage in *modern* digital computer systems allowed Unicode. undo Tag: Reverted

1 November 2024

• curprev 10:3910:39, 1 November 2024 196.189.190.42 talk 32,375 bytes −2 →History: Updated "supplanted" to "replaced" for easier comprehension by non-English speakers. undo

26 October 2024

• curprev 10:0010:00, 26 October 2024 K1767 talk contribs 32,377 bytes +3 Add a missing word. undo

21 October 2024

• curprev 18:1918:19, 21 October 2024 AnomieBOT talk contribs 32,374 bytes +370 Rescuing orphaned refs (":1" from rev 1252481391) undo
• curprev 16:0316:03, 21 October 2024 70.52.60.171 talk 32,004 bytes +4 No edit summary undo
• curprev 16:0016:00, 21 October 2024 Remsense talk contribs 32,000 bytes −708 ce undo
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7 October 2024

• curprev 01:2301:23, 7 October 2024 HeyElliott talk contribs 32,706 bytes +256 Added archives, added info to refs, ce undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

24 September 2024

• curprev 11:4211:42, 24 September 2024 NebY talk contribs m 32,450 bytes −5 Reverted 1 edit by 2600:100B:B003:89B8:EF49:FE16:5E57:49FA (talk) to last revision by Remsense undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
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7 September 2024

• curprev 23:0823:08, 7 September 2024 Remsense talk contribs 32,450 bytes +4 Reverting edit(s) by 37.111.194.144 (talk) to rev. 1237576733 by MrOllie: Vandalism (UV 0.1.5) undo Tags: Ultraviolet Undo
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30 July 2024

• curprev 13:2413:24, 30 July 2024 MrOllie talk contribs 32,450 bytes +541 Restored revision 1230305466 by Comp.arch (talk) undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
• curprev 07:4707:47, 30 July 2024 112.204.239.155 talk 31,909 bytes −541 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted references removed Mobile edit Mobile web edit

21 June 2024

• curprev 23:2823:28, 21 June 2024 Comp.arch talk contribs m 32,450 bytes −3 No edit summary undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

17 June 2024

• curprev 06:2406:24, 17 June 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 32,453 bytes +51 →History: IBM didn't have *a* BCD character encoding, they had *multiple* ones. undo
• curprev 03:1503:15, 17 June 2024 Emunah00 talk contribs 32,402 bytes +644 Dedicated stub section for common character encodings undo Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 03:0603:06, 17 June 2024 Emunah00 talk contribs 31,758 bytes +1,153 List UTF-8 and UTF-16 as common character encodings undo Tag: Visual edit

24 May 2024

• curprev 22:3822:38, 24 May 2024 Yoshi24517 talk contribs m 30,605 bytes −11 Reverted edits by 102.38.1.2 (talk) (HG) (3.4.12) undo Tags: Huggle Rollback
• curprev 22:3822:38, 24 May 2024 102.38.1.2 talk 30,616 bytes +11 →History undo Tag: Reverted

23 May 2024

• curprev 03:5903:59, 23 May 2024 Adam Black talk contribs 30,605 bytes −43 Reverting edit(s) by 191.177.136.211 (talk) to rev. 1218528323 by Guy Harris: Vandalism (UV 0.1.5) undo Tags: Ultraviolet Undo
• curprev 03:5703:57, 23 May 2024 191.177.136.211 talk 30,648 bytes +43 →History undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

12 April 2024

• curprev 07:1107:11, 12 April 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 30,605 bytes −8 →History: Update anchor. undo

14 March 2024

• curprev 22:2022:20, 14 March 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 30,613 bytes +302 →Further reading: Add a link to an online PDF. undo

8 March 2024

• curprev 01:3801:38, 8 March 2024 Apparition11 talk contribs m 30,311 bytes −22 Reverted edit by Tailsthehightechsiyfox (talk) to last version by Tea2min undo Tag: Rollback