The history of characters in computers

Sino-Platonic Papers is pleased to announce the publication of its three-hundred-and-sixtieth issue: “Kanji and the Computer: A Brief History of Japanese Character Set Standards,” by James Breen. https://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp360_kanji_computers_japanese_character_set.pdf ABSTRACTThis paper describes the development of the character coding systems and standards that enable Japanese text to be recorded and used in computer systems. The Japanese coding […]