Why are win1251 and cp1251 written differently?

  • in what context is the question? Why different names? Or do you get different results? - jfs
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    cp is from the Code Page , and win is because this encoding was entered in windows , this is the Internet name for windows-1251 . In one previously widely known database, the same thing is called cyrr . Whoever wants, calls. Sometimes there is no single naming rule even in a seemingly single system. Some functions take one name, others take another, and so on. - Sergey
  • @Sergey this was supposed to be the answer ... - Pavel Mayorov
  • @Sergey if you decide to publish the answer yourself, let me know, I will delete my own. - Nick Volynkin ♦

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cp is from the Code Page , and win is because this encoding was entered in windows , this is the Internet name for windows-1251 . In one previously widely known database, the same thing is called cyrr . Whoever wants, calls. Sometimes there is no single naming rule even in a seemingly single system. Some functions take one name, others take another, and so on.