Control characters and Model 204 language support
The following table lists the control characters found in IBM computers and the sequence in which they are sorted. The Character name column lists the Bisync Communications Protocol Standard acronym in uppercase letters. Where the action is identified, the acronym is followed by a description in lowercase letters.
Character name | U.S. English | Display | Japanese | Display | French Canadian | Display |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NUL null | 00 | 00 | 00 | |||
SOH start of heading | 01 | 01 | 01 | |||
STX start of text | 02 | 02 | 02 | |||
ETX end of text | 03 | 03 | 03 | |||
SEL select | 04 | 04 | 04 | |||
HT horizontal tab | 05 | 05 | 05 | |||
RNL | 06 | 06 | 06 | |||
DEL delete | 07 | 07 | 07 | |||
GE | 08 | 08 | 08 | |||
SPS | 09 | 09 | 09 | |||
RPT | 0A | 0A | 0A | |||
VT vertical tab | 0B | 0B | 0B | |||
FF form feed | 0C | 0C | 0C | |||
CR carriage return | 0D | 0D | 0D | |||
SO shift out | 0E | 0E | 0E | |||
SI shift in | 0F | 0F | 0F | |||
DLE data link escape | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||
DC1 device control 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
DC2 device control 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||
DC3 device control 3 | 13 | 13 | 13 | |||
RES | 14 | 14 | 14 | |||
NL new line | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
BS back space | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||
POC | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||
CAN cancel | 18 | 18 | 18 | |||
EM end of medium | 19 | 19 | 19 | |||
UBS | 1A | 1A | 1A | |||
CU1 control unit 1 | 1B | 1B | 1B | |||
IFS file separator | 1C | 1C | 1C | |||
IGS group separator | 1D | 1D | 1D | |||
IRS record separator | 1E | 1E | 1E | |||
IUS unit separator | 1F | 1F | 1F | |||
DS | 20 | 20 | 20 | |||
SOS | 21 | 21 | 21 | |||
FS file separator | 22 | 22 | 22 | |||
WUS | 23 | 23 | 23 | |||
BYP | 24 | 24 | 24 | |||
LF line feed | 25 | 25 | 25 | |||
ETB end of text block | 26 | 26 | 26 | |||
ESC escape | 27 | 27 | 27 | |||
SA | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||
SFE | 29 | 29 | 29 | |||
SM | 2A | 2A | 2A | |||
CSP | 2B | 2B | 2B | |||
MFA | 2C | 2C | 2C | |||
ENQ enquiry | 2D | 2D | 2D | |||
ACK acknowledge | 2E | 2E | 2E | |||
BEL bell | 2F | 2F | 2F | |||
30 | 30 | 30 | ||||
31 | 31 | 31 | ||||
SYN synchronous idle | 32 | 32 | 32 | |||
IR | 33 | 33 | 33 | |||
PP | 34 | 34 | 34 | |||
TRN | 35 | 35 | 35 | |||
NBS | 36 | 36 | 36 | |||
EOT end of transmission | 37 | 37 | 37 | |||
SBS | 38 | 38 | 38 | |||
IT | 39 | 39 | 39 | |||
RFF | 3A | 3A | 3A | |||
CU3 control unit 3 | 3B | 3B | 3B | |||
DC4 device control 4 | 3C | 3C | 3C | |||
NAK negative ack | 3D | 3D | 3D | |||
3E | 3E | 3E | ||||
SUB substitute | 3F | 3F | 3F | |||
Space | 40 | Y | 40 | 40 | Y | |
Non-breaking space | 41 | Y | ||||
Zero width space | ||||||
Zero width non-joiner | ||||||
Zero width joiner | ||||||
Left-to-right mark | ||||||
Right-to-left mark |