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Shift JIS

Shift JIS (also SJIS, MIME name Shift_JIS, known as PCK in Solaris contexts) is a character encoding for the Japanese language, originally developed by the Japanese company ASCII Corporation in conjunction with Microsoft and standardized as JIS X 0208 Appendix 1.

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Alias(es)
MS_Kanji, PCK
Classification
Extended ISO 646,[a] variable-width encoding, CJK encoding
Extends
JIS X 0201 8-bit format
Languages
Primarily Japanese, but also supporting English, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek
MIME / IANA
Shift_JIS
Standard
JIS X 0208:1997 Appendix 1

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Shift JIS

Nodes64
Edges63
Triples95
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.03125
Components1

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Shift JIS

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related to MacJapanese · 20
Shift JIS → Chu Gothic, Code, Hon Mincho, However, It, JIS, KanjiTalk, Mac OS, MacJapanese, Maru Gothic, NEC, Older, PostScript, Sai Mincho, Shift-JIS, System, The, This, US-ASCII, Yen
related to Windows-932 / Windows-31J · 20
Shift JIS → CCSID, However, IANA, IBM, IBM's, It, JIS, Microsoft, Microsoft's, NEC, REVERSE SOLIDUS, Row, Rows, The, This, TILDE, US-ASCII, Windows, Windows-31J, Yen
related to External links · 11
Shift JIS → Archived, ASCII, ICU, International Components, May, Microsoft, Microsoft's, Shift-JIS, Shift-JIS Kanji Table, Unicode, Windows Codepage
related to Other variants · 8
Shift JIS → Beyond, E-mail, IANA, Japanese, JIS, KDDI, Most, The
related to Usage · 8
Shift JIS → ASCII, Firstly, Hello, HTML, I/O, If, In, Secondly
related to Multiple versions · 4
Shift JIS → Firstly, JIS, Many, There
related to Shift_JISx0213 and Shift_JIS-2004 · 4
Shift JIS → In, It, JIS, The
related to Compatibility · 3
Shift JIS → Double-byte, For, JIS
related to Structure · 3
Shift JIS → ASCII, JIS, The
see also · 3
Shift JIS → Japanese, Microsoft Windows, MojibakeShift JIS

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Important terminology

jis shift 0208 characters used character encoding also byte 0201 windows-31j code single-byte extensions double-byte ascii japanese 1997 variant standard

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Shift JISAlias(es)MS_Kanji, PCK1.00infobox
Shift JISClassificationExtended ISO 646,[a] variable-width encoding, CJK encoding1.00infobox
Shift JISExtendsJIS X 0201 8-bit format1.00infobox
Shift JISLanguagesPrimarily Japanese, but also supporting English, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek1.00infobox
Shift JISMIME / IANAShift_JIS1.00infobox
Shift JISStandardJIS X 0208:1997 Appendix 11.00infobox
Shift JISSucceeded byShift_JIS-2004 (JIS) Windows-31J (web)1.00infobox
Shift JISTransforms / EncodesJIS X 02081.00infobox
Shift JISis athird-most declared character encoding for Japanese websites0.90text
Shift JISrelated to As defined in JIS X 0208:1997The0.60section
Shift JISrelated to As defined in JIS X 0208:1997JIS0.60section
Shift JISrelated to CompatibilityJIS0.60section

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