HTML Character Sets and Common Tags
Structure
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Start Tag
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End Tag
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Description
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<body>
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</body>
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Body Content
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<! -- . . . -- >
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</ -- . . . -- >
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Comments
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<div>
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</div>
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Division
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<!doc type ...>
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none
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Declaration of Document Type
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<h1> -- <h6>
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</h1> -- </h6>
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Headings
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<head>
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</head>
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Head Tag
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<hr />
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none
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Horizontal Rule
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<html>
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</html>
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HTML Document
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<meta>
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none
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Information about Document
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<span>
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</span>
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Defines Span of Text
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<title>
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</title>
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Title of Document
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Text and Paragraph Formating
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Start Tag
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End Tag
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Description
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<a>
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</a>
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Defines Link or Anchor
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<b>
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</b>
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Bold
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<big>
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</big>
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Large Text
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<blockquote>
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</blockquote>
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Long Quotoations
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<br>
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none
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Line Break
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<center>
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</center>
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Center
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<font>
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</font>
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Font Size and Color
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<i>
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</i>
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Italics
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<p>
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</p>
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Paragraph
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<q>
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</q>
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Short Quotes
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<s>
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</s>
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Strikethrough Text
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<small>
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</small>
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Small Text
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<strike>
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</strike>
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Strikethrough Text
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<strong>
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</strong>
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Stronger Emphasis
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<u>
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</u>
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Underline
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Images
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Attribute
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Description
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Atribute
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Description
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src="..."
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URL of the Image
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alt="..."
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Alternative Text
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align="..."
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left, center, right, justify
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height="..."
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Height of Image
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width="..."
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Width of Image
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border="..."
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Border Width
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hspace="..."
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Horizontal Space Separation From Other Content
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vspace="..."
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Vertical Space Separating From Other Content
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usemap="..."
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URL to Client-side Imagemap
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ismap="ismap"
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Identifies Server-side Imagemap
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Lists
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Start Tag
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End Tag
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Description
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<dd>
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</dd>
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Definition Description
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<dir>
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</dir>
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Multi-column Directory List
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<dl>
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</dl>
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Definition List
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<dt>
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</dt>
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Definition Term
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<li>
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</li>
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List Item
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<menu>
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</menu>
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Single Column Menu List
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<ol>
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</ol>
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Ordered List
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<ul>
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</ul>
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Unordered List
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Tables and Frames
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Start tag
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End Tag
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Description
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<caption>
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</caption>
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Table Caption
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<col />
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none
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Groups Columns within Column Groups
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<colgroup>
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</colgroup>
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Column Group
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<frame />
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none
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Defines a Frame
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<frameset>
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</frameset>
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Defines Layout of Frames in Window
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<iframe>
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</iframe>
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Creates and Inline Frame
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<noframes>
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</noframes>
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Alternative Content When Frames Not Supported
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<table>
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</table>
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Creates a Table
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<tbody>
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</tbody>
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Defines Table Body
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<td>
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</td>
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Table Data
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<tfoot>
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</tfoot>
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Defines Table Footer
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<th>
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</th>
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Defines Cell Contents of Table Header
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<thead>
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</thead>
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Defines Table Header
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<tr>
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</tr>
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Table Row
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Forms amd Scripts
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Start Tag
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End Tag
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Description
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<button>
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</button>
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Creates a button
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<fieldset>
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</fieldset>
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Groups Related Controls
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<form>
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</form>
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Creates a Form
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<input >
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none
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Defines Controls in Form
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<isindex >
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none
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Prompts User for Input
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<label>
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</label>
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Labels a Control
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<legend>
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</legend>
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Asigns caption to Fieldset
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<optgroup>
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</optgroup>
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Group Form Elements
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<option>
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</option>
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Specifies Choices in Element
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<select>
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</select>
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Creates Choices for User
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<textarea>
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</textarea>
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Creats User Input, Multiple Lines
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<script>
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</script>
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Script
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<noscript>
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</noscript>
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Alternative Content for Browsers That Can't Process Scripts
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Attributes and Events
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Attribute
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Description
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Event
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Description
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id="..."
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Glogal Identifier
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OnClick="..."
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Single Click Event
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class="..."
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List of Classes
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OnDblClick="..."
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Double Click Event
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style="..."
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Identifies Style Info
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OnMouseDown="..."
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Event When Mouse Clicked and Held Down
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title="..."
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information about specific element
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OnMouseUp="..."
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Depressed Mouse Button Was Released
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lang="..."
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Language Identifier
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OnMouseOver="..."
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Event When Mouse Moves Over Object
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dir="..."
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Text Direction
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OnMouseOut="..."
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Mouse Was Moved Off of an Object
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align="..."
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Used to Align Table and Column Data, <h>, <hr>, amd Paragraphs
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Onload="..."
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Body Onload Event
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Symbols
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Character
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Numerical Code
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Character Code
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Description
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!
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!
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none
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Exclamation Mark
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"
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"
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"
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Quotation Marks
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#
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#
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none
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Number Sign
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$
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$
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none
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Dollar Sign
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%
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%
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none
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Percent Sign
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&
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&
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&
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Ampersand
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'
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'
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none
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Apostrophe
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(
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(
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none
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Left Parenthesis
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)
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)
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none
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Right Parenthesis
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*
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*
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none
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Asterisk
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+
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+
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none
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Plus Sign
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,
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,
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none
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Comma
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-
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-
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none
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Hyphen
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.
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.
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none
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Period
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/
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/
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none
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Solidus (slash)
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0 - 9
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0 -9
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none
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Digits 0 - 9
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:
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:
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none
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Colon
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;
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;
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none
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Semicolon
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<
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<
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<
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Less Than
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=
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=
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none
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Equal Sign
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>
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>
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>
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Greater Than
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?
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?
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none
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Question Mark
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@
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@
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none
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Comercial "at"
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A - Z
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A-Z
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none
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Letters A - Z
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[
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[
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none
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Left Square Bracket
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\
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\
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none
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Revese Solidus (backslash)
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]
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]
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none
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Right Square Bracket
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^
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^
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none
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Caret
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_
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_
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none
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Horizontal Bar
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a - z
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a-z
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none
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Letters a - z
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{
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{
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none
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Left Curly Brace
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none
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Vertical Bar
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}
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}
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none
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Right Curly Brace
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¢
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¢
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¢
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Cent Sign
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©
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©
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©
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Copyright
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«
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«
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«
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Left Hand Quote
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»
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»
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»
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Right Hand Quote
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®
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®
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®
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Registered Trademark
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°
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°
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°
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Degree Sign
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±
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±
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±
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Plus or Minus
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¶
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¶
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¶
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Paragraph Sign
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¼
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¼
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¼
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Fraction one-fourth
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½
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½
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½
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Fraction one-half
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¾
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¾
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¾
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Fraction three-fourths
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×
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×
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none
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Multiply Sign
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Ø
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Ø
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Ø
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Capital O with slash
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÷
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÷
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none
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Division Sign
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ø
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ø
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ø
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small o with slash
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¹
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¹
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¹
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Superscript one
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²
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²
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²
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Superscript two
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³
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³
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³
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Superscript 3
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International Characters
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Character
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Numerical Code
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Character Code
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Description
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~
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~
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none
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Tilde
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¡
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¡
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¡
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Inverted Exclamation Point
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£
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£
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£
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Pound Sterling
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¤
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¤
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¤
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General Currency Sign
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¥
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¥
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¥
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Yen Sign
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¦
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¦
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&brkbar;
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Broken Vertical Bar
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§
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§
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§
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Section Sign
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¨
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¨
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¨
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Umlaut or Dieresis
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ª
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ª
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ª
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Feminine Ordinal
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¬
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¬
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¬
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Not Sign
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¯
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¯
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&hibar;
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Macron Accent
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´
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´
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´
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Acute Accent
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µ
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µ
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µ
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Micro Sign
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·
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·
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·
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Middle Dot
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¸
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¸
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¸
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Cedilla
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º
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º
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º
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Masculine Ordinal
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¿
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¿
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¿
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Inverted Question Mark
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À
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À
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À
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Capital A, Grave Accent
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Á
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Á
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Á
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Capital A, Acute Accent
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Â
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Â
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Â
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Capital A, circumflex
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Ã
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Ã
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Ã
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Capital A, tilde
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Ä
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Ä
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Ä
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Capital A, Diereses or Umlaut Mark
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Å
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Å
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Å
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Capital A, Ring
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Æ
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Æ
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Æ
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Capital AE dipthong
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Ç
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Ç
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Ç
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Capital C, Cedilla
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È
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È
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È
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Capital E, Grave Accent
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É
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É
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É
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Capital E, Acute Accent
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Ê
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Ê
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Ê
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Capital E, circumflex
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Ì
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Ì
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Ì
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Capital I, Grave Accent
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Í
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Í
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Í
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Capital I, Acute Accent
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Î
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Î
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Î
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Capital I, Circumflex
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Ï
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Ï
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Ï
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Capital I, Dieresis or Umlaut Mark
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Ð
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Ð
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Ð
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Capital Eth, Icelandic
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Ñ
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Ñ
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Ñ
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Capital N, Tilde
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Ò
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Ò
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Ò
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Capital O, Grave Accent
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Ó
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Ó
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Ó
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Capital O, Acute Accent
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Ô
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Ô
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Ô
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Capital O, Circumflex
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Õ
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Õ
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Õ
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Capital O, Tilde
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Ö
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Ö
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Ö
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Capital O, Dieresis, or Umlaut Mark
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Ù
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Ù
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Ù
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Capital U, Grave Accent
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Ú
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Ú
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Ú
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Capital U, Acute Accent
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Û
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Û
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Û
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Capital U, Circumflex
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Ü
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Ü
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Ü
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Capital U, Dieresis or Umlaut Mark
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Ý
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Ý
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Ý
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Capital Y, Acute Accent
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Þ
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Þ
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Þ
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Capital THORN, Icelandic
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ß
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ß
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ß
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Small Sharp s, German
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à
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à
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à
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Small a, Grave Accent
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á
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á
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á
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Small a, Acute Accent
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â
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â
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â
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Smal a, Circumflex
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ã
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ã
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ã
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Small a, Tilde
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ä
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ä
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ä
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Small a, Dieresis or Umlaut Mark
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å
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å
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å
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Small a, Circumflex
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æ
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æ
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æ
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Small ae Dipthong
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ç
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ç
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ç
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Small c, Cedillia
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è
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è
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è
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Small e, Grave Accent
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é
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é
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é
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Small e, Acute Accent
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ê
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ê
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ê
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Small e, Circumflex
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ë
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ë
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ë
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Small e, Dieresis or Umlaut Mark
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ì
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ì
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ì
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Small i, Grave Accent
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í
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í
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í
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Small I, Acute Accent
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î
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î
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î
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Small i, Circumflex
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ï
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ï
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ï
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Small i, Dieresis or Umlaut Mark
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ð
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ð
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ð
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Small eth, Icelandic
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ñ
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ñ
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ñ
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Small n, Tilde
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ò
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ò
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ò
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Small o, Grave Accent
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ó
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ó
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ó
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Small o, Acute Accent
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ô
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ô
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ô
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Small o, Circumflex
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õ
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õ
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õ
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Small o, Tilde
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ö
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ö
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ö
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Small o, Dieresis or Umlaut Mark
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ù
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ù
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ù
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Small u, Grave Accent
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ú
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ú
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ú
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Small u, Acute Accent
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û
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û
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û
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Small u, Circumflex
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ü
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ü
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ü
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Small u, Dieresis or Umlaut Mark
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ý
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ý
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ý
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Small y, Acute Accent
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þ
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þ
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þ
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Small thorn, Icelandic
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ÿ
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ÿ
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ÿ
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Small y, Dieresis or Umlaut Mark
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