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Shift JIS

Shift JIS proper noun: a character encoding for the Japanese language, originally developed by the Japanese company ASCII Corporation.

Proper noun

Shift JIS

  1. A character encoding for the Japanese language, originally developed by the Japanese company ASCII Corporation.

Questions about Shift JIS

What does Shift JIS mean?
Shift JIS means a character encoding for the Japanese language, originally developed by the Japanese company ASCII Corporation.
What part of speech is Shift JIS?
Shift JIS is a proper noun.

Words near Shift JIS in the dictionary

  1. shift dress
  2. shift dresses
  3. shift gears
  4. shift ground
  5. shift in
  6. Shift JIS
  7. shift key
  8. shift keys
  9. shift lead
  10. shift leads
  11. shift lever

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