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                                It is difficult to determine 
                                exactly how many Chinese characters are needed. 
                                We can refer to the 4,888 Korean standard Chinese 
                                characters and the 15,768 Chinese characters of 
                                HWP - the primary level of 4,888 Chinese characters 
                                and the secondary level of 10,880 Chinese characters. 
                                The author thinks that 4,888 Korean standard Chinese 
                                characters are sufficient for relatively specialized 
                                writing mixed with Chinese characters. Therefore, 
                                there would be no problem in accepting these 4,888 
                                Chinese characters. Exactly 4966 characters can 
                                be admitted if the second byte begins at the 64th 
                                ASCII code ‘@’ in the 2-byte complete style. In 
                                taking into account special characters and user-definable 
                                characters, about 1,000 in all, 23 initial consonants, 
                                23 medial vowels, and 30 final consonants are 
                                finally admitted. In that case, there are 4 more 
                                initial consonants, 2 more medial vowels, and 
                                3 more final consonants than the current combination 
                                style of Hangeul uses. 
                                 
                                As mentioned above, the initial consonants, medial 
                                vowels, and final consonants can have room made 
                                for their number to be increased in the code structure 
                                of the computer. This space has to be filled by 
                                old consonants and vowels which must be selected 
                                on the basis of frequency in old literature and 
                                the base forms of old words. In that case, ‘ㅸ, 
                                ㅿ, ㅺ, ㅼ’ for the 4 initial consonants, ‘ㆍ, ㆎ’ 
                                for the 2 medial vowels , and ‘ㅭ, ㅸ, ㅿ’ for the 
                                3 final consonants are most desirably selected. 
                                The sequential order in current old Korean dictionaries 
                                is proper for the additional old graphemes, but 
                                ‘ㆍ’ can be expected to be followed by ‘ㅏ’ in the 
                                medial vowels. 
                                 
                                The FILL CODES’ position in the order has to be 
                                changed in the current sequence. All FILL CODES 
                                of the initial consonants, medial vowels, and 
                                final consonants have preceded the corresponding 
                                consonants and vowels in the current code system, 
                                so that the sequential order cannot be right. 
                                The normal sequence ‘ㄱㄴㄷㄹㅁㅂㅅㅇㅈㅊㅋㅌㅍㅎㅏㅑㅓㅕㅗㅛㅜㅠㅡㅣ’ 
                                transforms to such a sequence as ‘ㅏㅑㅓㅕㅗㅛㅜㅠㅡㅣㄱㄴㄷㄹㅁㅂㅅㅇㅈㅊㅋㅌㅍㅎ’ 
                                in the sequence-processing by the current code 
                                system. It is something not true of an everyday 
                                sequence of language use. The FILL CODES of the 
                                initial consonants have to follow ㅎ, not precede 
                                ㄱin order to correct the wrong sequence. In that 
                                case, ‘?’ doesn't precede ‘가’ but follows ‘히’ 
                                in spite of the absence of an initial consonant. 
                                The FILL CODES of medial vowels and final consonants 
                                are sequenced before the corresponding consonants 
                                and vowels, as in the current code system. 
                                 
                                Third, there are some problems in realizing Hangeul. 
                                Hangeul can be realized in two ways: through hardware 
                                or software. The former not only cannot ensure 
                                an equal environment to individuals because the 
                                hardware has to be installed additionally to the 
                                computer, but also poses a lot of problems resulting 
                                from the necessity of changing to new versions 
                                of hardware. The computer of today has enough 
                                memory so that there is no trouble in using software 
                                Hangeul. Software Hangeul can be installed in 
                                MS DOS, built into application programs, permanently 
                                stationed in RAM, and so on. Hangeul MS DOS 6.2 
                                is used now, but it is not efficient in Korean 
                                linguistics because the complete style of Hangeul 
                                is used.  
                                 
                                The built-in program style can use Hangeul simultaneously 
                                with a corresponding application program because 
                                Hangeul is realized in individual application 
                                programs (word processors, programs for statistics, 
                                programs for data-bases, programs for computer 
                                communications, programs for games, and some CD's 
                                for literature, such as encyclopedias, etc.) Although 
                                there is no problem if the use of Hangeul is limited 
                                to the corresponding program, co-exchangeability 
                                is problematic when Hangeul files of the corresponding 
                                program are used in other programs or vice versa. 
                                If the Hangeul codes of the corresponding programs 
                                are the same as those of other programs, or vice 
                                versa, Hangeul data can be used properly. The 
                                co-exchangeability cannot be ensured if an independent 
                                code system is selected for processing special 
                                symbols such as Chinese characters in Hangeul 
                                built-in applied programs.  
                                 
                                The TSR (Terminate-and-Stay-Resident) RAM method 
                                puts the programs for Hangeul in the computer's 
                                memory. There are the BIOS support method and 
                                the time-interrupt support method and so on in 
                                this mode. They may cause some problems with the 
                                use of some application programs, especially English 
                                versions of software.  
                              The motivations to use the computer 
                                in Korean linguistics are two: the one is to use 
                                the word processor programs in which files are 
                                written and printed, the other is to check or 
                                to index the written data. The program HWP is 
                                the most famous and conspicuous for its sufficient 
                                support of old Hangeul and Chinese characters 
                                needed in Korean linguistics. Although HWP is 
                                quite sufficient for the purpose of writing and 
                                printing files produced in itself, it stops processing 
                                the data in other programs because its unique 
                                symbols are codified in the code system of the 
                                built-in program style. The contemporary Hangeul 
                                and the primary level of 4,888 Chinese characters 
                                written in HWP files can only be exchanged with 
                                ones written in other programs. Therefore, it 
                                can be pointed out that Hangeul, including old 
                                syllables and Chinese characters, has to be processed 
                                with a TSR RAM style for efficient processing 
                                of the data. The word processor programs are nothing 
                                but an instrument for inputting data when we use 
                                computers in order to process data.   |