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ASCII¹
- /ˈæski/
proper noun ascii
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Acronym of American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Thus, to translate an EBCDIC message into an ASCII one we need a table with 256 one-byte entries. In each position we put the ASCII code that corresponds to that EBCDIC entry.
Similar: US-ASCII
ascii²
Where it comes from
From Latin asciī, plural of ascius, from Ancient Greek ἄσκῐος (áskĭos, “shadowless”).
noun
- ascians
ascii³
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of ASCII The input text arrives as a sequence of ascii characters, which can be of any length.
Translations
Every language
name Translations
| 한국어 | 아스키 aseuki |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ASCII (asukī), アスキー asukī |
| Português | ASCII |
| Français | ASCII |
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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