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Windows-1252

code page used for the Latin alphabets of Western European languages
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Summary

Windows-1252 is a Windows code page[1]. Windows-1252 ranks in the top 10% of windows code page entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,299 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Based on: ISO/IEC 8859-1[3]
  • Follows: Windows-1251[4]
  • Has use: Latin script[5]
  • Commons category: Windows-1252[6]
  • Described at URL: https://iana.org/assignments/charset-reg/windows-1252[7], https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc195054.aspx[8], https://www.microsoft.com/typography/unicode/1252.htm[9], https://unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP1252.TXT[10], https://unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WindowsBestFit/bestfit1252.txt[11], https://ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5?topic=tables-code-page-1252-generic-system-1252[12]
  • Partially coincident with: ISO/IEC 8859-1[13]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/cp1252[14]

Why It Matters

Windows-1252 has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Windows-1252 is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . iana.org. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Windows-1252. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/windows-1252
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_windows-1252_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Windows-1252}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/windows-1252}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-27}}
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  1. 14w ago · JAnDbot bot · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → Latin script
    Instance of → —
    Follows → Windows-1251
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Follows: Windows-1251"
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