"American Standard Code for Information Interchange" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun|head=American Standard Code for Information Interchange}} American Standard Code for Information Interchange
  1. (computing) A 7-bit character set and character encoding. Based on the Roman alphabet as used in modern English, the code is employed almost universally on computing machinery, and has been integrated into the newer Unicode standard. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: ASCII Related terms: ASCIIbetical, extended ASCII Translations (character encoding): 美國資訊交換標準代碼 /美国资讯交换标准代码 (Bí-kok Chu-sìn Kau-ōaⁿ Piau-chún Tāi-bé) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 美國資訊交換標準代碼 /美国资讯交换标准代码 (mei⁵ gwok³ zi¹ seon³ gaau¹ wun⁶ biu¹ zeon² doi⁶ maa⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 美國信息交換標準代碼 /美国信息交换标准代码 (mei⁵ gwok³ seon³ sik¹ gaau¹ wun⁶ biu¹ zeon² doi⁶ maa⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 美國資訊交換標準代碼 /美国资讯交换标准代码 (Měiguó Zīxùn Jiāohuàn Biāozhǔn Dàimǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 美國信息交換標準代碼 /美国信息交换标准代码 (Měiguó Xìnxī Jiāohuàn Biāozhǔn Dàimǎ, Měiguó Xìnxí Jiāohuàn Biāozhǔn Dàimǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), ASCII (Finnish), Code américain normalisé pour l’échange d’information [masculine] (French), ASCII [masculine] (Portuguese)

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