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],
[
"ASCII",
"ASCII#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) ASCII (a 7-bit character encoding)"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈas.ki/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈas.ki/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaʃ.ki/",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaʃ.ki/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
}
],
"word": "ASCII"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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