IA5 means "International Alphabet 5" It is sometimes called 'ITA-5' (International Telegraph Alphabet Number 5) International Alphabet 5 is an international standard alphanumeric code which has a facility for national options. The USA version is called ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange). See the following URL for more details: http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037/dir-019/_2828.htm -Ray Anderson Sun Microsystems Inc. >hi all, >can anybody plz. explain me what is an IA5 character? >it is used in ITU-T recommendations.so, to analyze them propelry >i need to understand what it is exactly. >plz. hlp me. >regds, >venu. > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from si-list: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > >For help: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > >List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu