also: きゅうジスかんじコード
old JIS kanji character code
Computing term referring to the older JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) encoding for kanji characters, as opposed to newer standards like JIS X 0213 or Unicode.
This old system still uses the old JIS kanji character code.
Conversion from the old JIS kanji code to Unicode is necessary.
Standard technical term; full-width JIS is typical in Japanese text.
Alternate reading using the abbreviated pronunciation ジス for JIS.
Compound of 旧 (old), ＪＩＳ (Japanese Industrial Standards), 漢字 (kanji), and コード (code). A straightforward technical term.