"US-ASCII" meaning in English

See US-ASCII in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From US (“United States”) + ASCII. Etymology templates: {{af|en|US|ASCII|t1=United States}} US (“United States”) + ASCII Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} US-ASCII
  1. (computing, formal, retronym) Synonym of ASCII, especially to differentiate it from 8-bit extended ASCII. Tags: formal, retronym Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: ASCII [synonym, synonym-of]
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