Code page 856
'''Code page 856''' (also known as CP 856 and IBM 00856,<ref name=IBM/>) is a [[code page]] used under [[MS-DOS]] for [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]].
Like [[ISO 8859-8]], it encodes only letters, not vowel-points or cantillation marks. As DOS had no inherent [[bi-directional text|bidirectionality]] support, Hebrew text encoded using code page 862 was usually stored in visual order; nevertheless, a few DOS applications, notably a word processor named EinsteinWriter, stored Hebrew in logical order.
==Code page layout==
The following table shows code page 856. Each character is shown with its equivalent [[Unicode]] code point and its decimal 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 [[ASCII]]; although code points 1–31 and 127 (00–1F<sub>hex</sub> and 7F<sub>hex</sub>) have a different interpretation in some circumstances – see [[Code page 437#Interpretation of code points 1–31 and 127|code page 437]].
Code points 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, and 173 (9F, A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, and AD<sub>hex</sub>) were undefined until 1998 when the new sheqel sign, direction controls, and the euro sign were assigned to them.<ref name=IBM/>
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!{{chset-left|8}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05D0|[[א]]|128}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05D1|[[ב]]|129}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05D2|[[ג]]|130}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05D3|[[ד]]|131}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05D4|[[ה]]|132}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05D5|[[ו]]|133}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05D6|[[ז]]|134}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05D7|[[ח]]|135}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05D8|[[ט]]|136}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05D9|[[י]]|137}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05DA|[[ך]]|138}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05DB|[[כ]]|139}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05DC|[[ל]]|140}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05DD|[[ם]]|141}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05DE|[[מ]]|142}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05DF|[[ן]]|143}}
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!{{chset-left|9}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05E0|[[נ]]|144}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05E1|[[ס]]|145}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05E2|[[ע]]|146}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05E3|[[ף]]|147}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05E4|[[פ]]|148}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05E5|[[ץ]]|149}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05E6|[[צ]]|150}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05E7|[[ק]]|151}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05E8|[[ר]]|152}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05E9|[[ש]]|153}}
|{{chset-color-intl}}|{{chset-cell3|05EA|[[ת]]|154}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||155}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|00A3|[[£]]|156}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||157}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|00D7|[[×]]|158}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|20AA|[[₪]]|159}}
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!{{chset-left|A}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|200E|LRM|160}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|200F|RLM|161}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|202A|LRE|162}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|202B|RLE|163}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|202D|LRO|164}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|202E|RLO|165}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|202C|PDF|166}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||167}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||168}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00AE|[[®]]|169}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|00AC|[[¬]]|170}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|00BD|[[½]]|171}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|00BC|[[1/4 (disambugation)|¼]]|172}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|20AC|[[€]]|173}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|00AB|[[«]]|174}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|00BB|[[»]]|175}}
|-
!{{chset-left|B}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2591|[[░]]|176}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2592|[[▒]]|177}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2593|[[▓]]|178}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2502|[[│]]|179}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2524|[[┤]]|180}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||181}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||182}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||183}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00A9|[[©]]|184}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2563|[[╣]]|185}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2551|[[║]]|186}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2557|[[╗]]|187}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|255D|[[╝]]|188}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00A2|[[¢]]|189}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00A5|[[¥]]|190}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2510|[[┐]]|191}}
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!{{chset-left|C}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2514|[[└]]|192}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2534|[[┴]]|193}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|252C|[[┬]]|194}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|251C|[[├]]|195}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2500|[[─]]|196}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|253C|[[┼]]|197}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||198}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||199}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|255A|[[╚]]|200}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2554|[[╔]]|201}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2569|[[╩]]|202}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2566|[[╦]]|203}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2560|[[╠]]|204}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2550|[[═]]|205}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|256C|[[╬]]|206}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00A4|[[¤]]|207}}
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!{{chset-left|D}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||208}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||209}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||210}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||211}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||212}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||213}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||214}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||215}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||216}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2518|[[┘]]|217}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|250C|[[┌]]|218}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2588|[[█]]|219}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||220}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00A6|[[¦]]|221}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2590|[[▐]]|222}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|2580|[[▀]]|223}}
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!{{chset-left|E}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||224}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||225}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||226}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||227}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||228}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||229}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||230}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||231}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||232}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||233}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||234}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||235}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||236}}
|{{chset-color-undef}}|{{chset-ctrl3|||237}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00AF|[[¯]]|238}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00B4|[[´]]|239}}
|-
!{{chset-left|F}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-ctrl3|00AD|[[Soft hyphen|SHY]]|240}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|00B1|[[±]]|241}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|2017|[[‗]]|242}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00BE|[[3/4 (disambiguation)|¾]]|243}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00B6|[[¶]]|244}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00A7|[[§]]|245}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|00F7|[[÷]]|246}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00B8|[[¸]]|247}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|00B0|[[°]]|248}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00A8|[[¨]]|249}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct}}|{{chset-cell3|2022|[[•]]|250}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00B9|[[¹]]|251}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00B3|[[³]]|252}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-cell3|00B2|[[²]]|253}}
|{{chset-color-graph}}|{{chset-cell3|25A0|[[■]]|254}}
|{{chset-color-ext-punct-var}}|{{chset-ctrl3|00A0|[[Non-breaking space|NBSP]]|255}}
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==References==
<references>
<ref name=IBM>{{cite web |url=http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/cp/cp00856.html |title=00856 |work=Code pages by CPGID |publisher=IBM |accessdate=13 Nov 2011 }}</ref>
</references>
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