EBCDIC code pages are based on the original EBCDIC encoding. There is a variety of EBCDIC code pages intended for use in different parts of the world, including code pages for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

The most common newline convention used with EBCDIC code pages is to use a NEL (NEXT LINE) code between lines. Converters to other encodings often replace NEL with LF (LINE FEED) or , even if there is a NEL in the target encoding.

Character sets