Ascii

//ˈæski// name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    ascians obsolete, plural, plural-only
  2. 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. 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. 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."

Synonyms

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american standard code for information interchangeamerican standard code for information interchangeasciansplaintextus-ascii

Antonyms

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binary

Example

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

Etymology

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

Related phrases

ASCII armorASCII artUS-ASCIIextended ASCIIpure ASCII text7 bitamerican standard code for information interchangeutf 16utf 7utf 8

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