ascii
|as-ci|
/ˈæs.ki/
standard character encoding
Etymology
'ascii' originates from English, specifically the initialism 'ASCII' standing for 'American Standard Code for Information Interchange.'
'ASCII' was developed in the early 1960s (formalized as ANSI X3.4) and derived conceptually from earlier teleprinter and teletype codes (such as Murray code and ITA2) before becoming the widely adopted standard named 'ASCII.'
Initially it referred specifically to the named standard ('American Standard Code for Information Interchange'); over time it has also come to refer more generally to text encoded using that standard and to the adjective describing that encoding (e.g., 'ascii text').
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
an abbreviation for American Standard Code for Information Interchange; a character encoding standard that assigns numeric codes to letters, digits, punctuation, and control characters for use in computers and electronic devices.
The document was saved in ascii to ensure compatibility with older systems.
Synonyms
Adjective 1
relating to, encoded in, or using the ASCII character encoding (e.g., ascii text).
Please upload an ascii file rather than a binary format.
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