ASCII
ˈæski
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Definition of ASCII - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: American Standard Code for Information InterchangeTECH.code that helps computers understand text charactersTECH.
  • ASCII is used to represent text in computers.
  • ASCII codes are essential for data encoding.
  • Learning ASCII is fundamental for programming.
character encoding
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ASCII charactern.
symbol in the ASCII code system
The letter 'A' is an ASCII character.
ASCII artn.
art using only ASCII characters for images
He created a smiley face using ASCII art.
ASCII character setn.
standard set of 128 characters for text representation
The ASCII character set is essential for encoding text.
ASCII control charactern.
non-printable ASCII character for text control
Pressing Ctrl+C sends an ASCII control character.
ASCII text filen.
file containing only ASCII characters
The configuration is saved in an ASCII text file.
extend ASCIIv.
use an extended version of ASCII in a system
The program was designed to extend ASCII for better compatibility.

Origin of ASCII

acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Terms related to ASCII

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ASCII charactern.
technology
symbol in the ASCII code system
ASCII artn.
technology
art using only ASCII characters for images
ASCII control charactern.
computing
non-printable ASCII character for text control
ASCII text filen.
plain text
file containing only ASCII characters
extend ASCIIv.
computing
use an extended version of ASCII in a system
extend ASCIIv.
character set
add more characters to the ASCII set

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