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Who invented char sets?
Jack2000:
That is a tricky one
i really could not find out who
invented char sets?
worker201:
Char sets are just a digital representation of type sets - a bunch of printer's stamps, like the letter plates on a typewriter. There was a different set for each font used for printing, and a different set for each type size. Which became the digital template for character sets.
If the wanted the historical version. I can't tell you who created the first digital character set. All I can tell you is that it wasn't a new idea.
Pathos:
I don't think you can attribute char sets to any particular individual.
character coding would have started with punch cards or something...
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: Jack2000 ---That is a tricky one
i really could not find out who
invented char sets?
--- End quote ---
Microsoft - I'm sure they've patented them.
Calum:
microsoft invented everything you know. i think it says this in their EULA. or at least it reserves the right to retroactively have invented everything at any time in the future giving no notice of the change.
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