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Alt code

On personal computers with numeric keypads that use Microsoft operating systems, such as Windows, many characters that do not have a dedicated key combination on the keyboard may nevertheless be entered using the Alt code (the Alt numpad input method). This is done by pressing and holding the .mw-parser-output .keyboard-key{border:1px solid…

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Windows

Microsoft WindowsMS-DOSWindows code pageCP1252Unicode
14 related topics

MS-DOS

IBM PC compatibleBIOSCode pagesIBM PCCP437
13 related topics

Other operating systems

ChromeOSMacOSLinuxUnixUnix-like
7 related topics

Limitations

Num lock
1 related topics

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Alt code

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples42
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Alt code

Top relations

related to Windows · 15
Alt code → Alt, CP1252, CP437, CP850, For, It, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, MSDOS, OEM, OS, The, The Alt, Windows
related to Hex Alt Codes · 14
Alt code → Alt, Because, Control Panel, For, Input Method, SMALL LETTER, The, This, To, Unicode, Unicode BMP, When, Windows, WITH CARON
related to Unicode · 8
Alt code → Alt, CP1252, In, Later, Microsoft Word, Since CP1252, Unicode, Windows
related to Limitations · 3
Alt code → Alt, For, If Num

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Important terminology

alt code characters unicode windows input character key keyboard numeric page using applications hexadecimal typing keypad codes operating systems ms-dos

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Microsoft Word added support for Unicodeinstance ofbecause it occupies position 163 in CP1252.UnicodeLater versions of Windows and applications0.80text
Microsoft Word added support for Unicodeinstance ofUnicodeLater versions of Windows and applications0.80text
Alt coderelated to Hex Alt CodesBecause0.60section
Alt coderelated to Hex Alt CodesUnicode0.60section
Alt coderelated to Hex Alt CodesWindows0.60section
Alt coderelated to Hex Alt CodesAlt0.60section
Alt coderelated to Hex Alt CodesTo0.60section
Alt coderelated to Hex Alt CodesControl Panel0.60section
Alt coderelated to Hex Alt CodesInput Method0.60section
Alt coderelated to Hex Alt CodesWhen0.60section
Alt coderelated to Hex Alt CodesThe0.60section
Alt coderelated to Hex Alt CodesFor0.60section

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