ASCIIbetical order

jargon, programming /as'kee-be'-t*-kl or'dr/ Used to

indicate that data is sorted in ASCII collated order rather

than alphabetical order. The main difference is that, in

ASCII, all the upper case letters come before any of the lower

case letters so, e.g., "Z" comes before "a".

[Jargon File]

(1999-04-08)