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  • ASCII

    A common character-encoding standard that computers use to store, transmit, and print English (or “Latin”) text.

    After many decades of use, the acronym ASCII (pronounced AS-KEE) is more well-known and more frequently used than its full name (American Standard Code for Information Interchange).

    Also Known As
    • US-ASCII
    Origin
    Publication of the first edition of the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) in 1963 by the American Standards Association (ASA), now the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
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