American Standard Code for Information Interchange

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Definition

Noun: - A character encoding standard: A widely-used system that assigns numerical values to letters, digits, punctuation marks, and control characters to enable consistent representation and exchange of text between different computers and software.

Usage
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  • As an object:
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Examples
Advanced Usage
  • "ASCII art": A graphic design technique that creates pictures using characters from the ASCII standard.
    • The old bulletin board systems were known for their creative ASCII art.
  • "ASCII file": A text file that contains only characters defined in the ASCII standard, with no special formatting.
    • Please submit the data as a plain ASCII file.
Variants and Related Words
  • ASCII (noun/acronym): The common abbreviation for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
    • The file is encoded in ASCII.
Synonyms
  • Character set: A defined list of characters recognized by a computer.
  • Character encoding: A system for mapping characters to numbers.
Related Phrases
  • Extended ASCII: Refers to 8-bit character sets that include the standard 7-bit ASCII values plus additional characters.
    • The document uses an Extended ASCII character set for European symbols.
Noun
  1. (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers

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