Ascii

Common synonyms include: american standard code for information interchange, ascii data, ascii graphics, ascii restricted, ascii text, ascii-based.

/ˈæski/ name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
ascians obsolete, plural, plural-only
2
(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers wordnet

Proper Noun

1
Acronym of American Standard Code for Information Interchange. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
"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."
2
Alternative letter-case form of ASCII. alt-of, uncommon
"The input text arrives as a sequence of ascii characters, which can be of any length."

"Please ensure you always include a link-back in your replies. ">>" in plain ASCII + number (e.g. >>1)."

From Latin asciī, plural of ascius, from Ancient Greek ἄσκῐος (áskĭos, “shadowless”).