ASCII
Definition
American standard code for information interchange. Developed by American National Standards Institute (ANSI), it is the most common code used by computers to translate text (letters, numbers, and symbols) into a form that can be sent to, and understood by, other computers and devices such as modems and printers.
ASCII is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security, Data Management, Communications, & Networks and Information Science & Technology subjects.
ASCII appears in the definitions of the following terms: ASCII armored, binary file, file format, unicode and character set
ASCII appears in these other term: ASCII text
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