ISO 8859-15
ISO 8859-15 is a character encoding standard, part of the ISO/IEC 8859 series, that extends the Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1) encoding to include additional characters like the Euro sign (€) and French and Finnish letters. It is an 8-bit encoding that supports most Western European languages, making it suitable for text representation in computing systems. Although largely superseded by Unicode (UTF-8) in modern applications, it remains relevant for legacy systems and specific use cases.
Developers should learn about ISO 8859-15 when working with legacy systems, databases, or file formats that require compatibility with Western European languages and the Euro currency symbol. It is useful in scenarios involving text processing, data migration, or maintaining older software where Unicode support is not available or practical. Understanding this encoding helps prevent character corruption and ensures accurate text handling in multilingual contexts.