ASCII code was extended to 8 bits (a byte) in order to be able to encode more characters (this is also known as Extended ASCII Code). This code assigns the values 0 to 255 (coded as 8 bits, that is, 1 ...

It appears that the particular variety of extended ASCII that I want is actually called Code Page 437 as opposed to the more popular ISO 8859-1.

The numerical value, or order, of an ASCII character. There are 128 standard ASCII characters, numbered from 0 to 127. Extended ASCII adds another 128 values and goes to 255. The numbers are ...

Using extended ASCII characters helps make your password or pass-phrase more secure by increasing the number of characters you can choose from to make it strong.

Several of my passwords have extended ASCII characters in them (like Æ or µ). In Windows I typed them by holding ALT and keying in the 3 number code ...

Extended ASCII Extended ASCII uses eight bits, giving a character set of 256 characters. This allows for special characters such as those with accents in languages such as French and Spanish.