"ASCII" meaning in English

See ASCII in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈæski/ Audio: en-us-ASCII.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ASCII.wav
Rhymes: -æski Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} ASCII
  1. (computing) Acronym of American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Wikipedia link: ASCII Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: American Standard Code for Information Interchange Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: US-ASCII, ascii Derived forms: ArmSCII, ASCII art, ASCIIbetical, ASCIIfication, ASCIIfy, ATASCII, extended ASCII, PETSCII, pure ASCII text, US-ASCII Related terms: extended ASCII, 7-bit, EBCDIC, Unicode, UTF-7, UTF-8, UTF-16 Translations (Translations): Askio (Esperanto), ASCII [masculine] (French), ASCII (asukī) (Japanese), アスキー (asukī) (Japanese), आस्की (āskī) (Marathi), अॅस्की (aĕskī) (Marathi), ASCII [masculine] (Portuguese)

Alternative forms

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