American Standard Code for Information Interchange

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American Standard Code for Information Interchange

proper noun

A 7-bit character set and character encoding. Based on the Roman alphabet as used in modern English, the code is employed almost universally on computing machinery, and has been integrated into the newer Unicode standard.
Similar: ASCII

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中文	美國資訊交換標準代碼 /美国资讯交换标准代码 Měiguó Zīxùn Jiāohuàn Biāozhǔn Dàimǎ, 美國信息交換標準代碼 /美国信息交换标准代码 Měiguó Xìnxī Jiāohuàn Biāozhǔn Dàimǎ, Měiguó Xìnxí Jiāohuàn Biāozhǔn Dàimǎ
Português	ASCII
Français	Code américain normalisé pour l'échange d'information

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@misc{american_standard_code_for_information_i_2026,
  title = {American Standard Code for Information Interchange},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/american%20standard%20code%20for%20information%20interchange},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}