US-ASCII

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US-ASCII

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From US (“United States”) + ASCII.

proper noun

formal, retronym Synonym of ASCII, especially to differentiate it from 8-bit extended ASCII. Here, we see that the source encoding has fallen back to US-ASCII because none was explicitly set.
Similar: ASCII

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"US-ASCII." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/us-ascii. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

US-ASCII. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/us-ascii

Chicago

"US-ASCII." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/us-ascii.

BibTeX

@misc{us_ascii_2026,
  title = {US-ASCII},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/us-ascii},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}