SI 960

"DEC Hebrew (7-bit)" redirects here. For the 8-bit character set, see DEC Hebrew (8-bit).
SI 960
Kermithebrew-7
Alias(es)DEC Hebrew (7-bit)
Created byDEC
StandardSI 960
Classification7-bit encoding, non-Latin adaptation of ISO 646 with naturally ordered letters
Based onASCII
Succeeded byDEC: DEC Hebrew (8-bit),
SII: SI 1311

The Israeli Standards Institute's Standard SI 960 defines a 7–bit Hebrew code page. It is derived from, but does not conform to, ISO/IEC 646; more specifically, it follows ASCII except for the lowercase letters and backtick (`), which are replaced by the naturally ordered Hebrew alphabet. It is also known as DEC Hebrew (7–bit), because DEC standardized this character set before it became an international standard.[1] Kermit named it hebrew–7 and HEBREW–7.[2][3]

The Hebrew alphabet is mapped to positions 0x60–0x7A, on top of the lowercase Latin letters (and grave accent for aleph). 7–bit Hebrew is stored in visual order.

This mapping with the high bit set, i.e. with the Hebrew letters in 0xE0–0xFA, is also reflected in ISO 8859-8.

Code page layout

SI 960[4]
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO SI
1x DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN ETB CAN EM SUB ESC FS GS RS US
2x  SP  ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
3x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
4x @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
5x P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
6x א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י ך כ ל ם מ ן
7x נ ס ע ף פ ץ צ ק ר ש ת { | } ~

See also

References

  1. ^ Hartman Kennelly, Cynthia (1991). Unch, Jacqueline (ed.). Digital Guide To Developing International Software (1 ed.). Digital Equipment Corporation. ISBN 1-55558-063-7. EY-F577E-DP.
  2. ^ "Character sets". Kermit. Columbia University. 2000-01-01. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  3. ^ "Hebrew Character Sets in Kermit 95". Kermit 95 Manual. Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  4. ^ "Hebrew 7-Bit Character Set". Kermit. Columbia University. Retrieved 2020-06-24.