EUC-JP decoder is technology used to convert UTF-8 formatted text into Japanese symbols and characters, and there are many versions of programs where this technology has been embedded to provide users with an efficient method for converting text to Japanese. There are only a few applications for many versions of widely used Microsoft Windows systems that have been implemented with EUC-JP decoder technology, while there are also similar programs for Mac platforms, Linux systems and UNIX-based machines. Code, sequential lines of commands and directives that are programmed into these EUC-JP decoder applications are found in some word processors and text editing programs, in order to give users the ability to integrate Japanese characters and symbols into their documents. Most of these programs that are embedded with EUC-JP decoder functionalities are open source applications.