ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 9036 First edition 1987-04-15 INTERNATIONALORGANIZATIONFORSTANDARDIZATION ORGANISATIONINTERNATIONALEDENORMALISATION MEXKAYHAPOAHAA OPIAHW3ALMH NO CTAHAAPTM3AUM Information processing - Arabic 7-bit coded character set for information interchange Jeudecaracteresarabescodésa7élementspourI'échanged'information Referencenumber ISO 9036 : 1987 (E) Copyright Intermational Organization for Standardization nitted without license from IHS Not for Resale Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has mental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. Draft Internationat Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standards by least 75 % approval by the member bodies voting. International Standard ISO 9036 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 97, Informationprocessingsystems. Users should note thatall International Standards undergo revisionfrom time to time and that any reference made herein to any other International Standard implies its latest edition, unless otherwise stated. @ International Organization for Standardization, 1987 Printed in Switzerland CopyrightIntemational Organizatin for Standardization g permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO9036: 1987 (E) Contents Page 1 Scope and field of application 2 Conformance and implementation 2.1 Conformance Implementation 3 References 4 Definitions 4.1 bitcombination 4.2 character.. 4.3 coded characterset; code 4.4 codeextension 4.5 codetable. 4.6 controicharacter 4.7 controlfunction. 4.8 graphiccharacter 2 4.9 graphic symbol 2 4.10 position. 2 5 Specification of the coded character set 2 5.1 Controlcharacters 2 5.2 Character SPACE. 4 5.3 Graphiccharacters 4 6 Composite graphic characters. 7 7 Vowel characters 7 8 Designation of the character set of this International Standard 7 6 Codetabte 7 10 Description of the control characters 9 10.1 ACK ACKNOWLEDGE 9 10.2 BEL BELL.. 10.3 BS BACKSPACE 9 10.4 CAN CANCEL... 9 10.5 CR CARRIAGE RETURN. 9 10.6 DC1 DEVICE CONTROL ONE 9 10.7 DC2 DEVICECONTROLTWO 9 10.8 DC3 DEVICE CONTROL THREE 9 10.9 DC4 DEVICE CONTROL FOUR. 9 10.10 DEL DELETE.. 9 10.11 DLE DATA LINK ESCAPE 9 ii Copyright Intemational Organization for Standardization Not for Resale