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ASCII

[as-kee] / ˈæs ki /
NOUN
plain text
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Antonyms
WEAK
ciphertext encoded encrypted rich text


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The meme suggests ASCII, a method of rendering characters using either seven or eight binary digits.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2013

Baudot’s code developed the principle that eventually became the basis for ASCII, or the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, which is the way in which nearly every computer and phone now represents text.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2012

Control and meta, side by side, Augmented ASCII, nine bits wide!

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

In the "FAQ" they spoke about "plain vanilla ASCII", something I never had heard about in my life!

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim

DP Europe supports Unicode instead of ASCII, to be able to proofread ebooks in numerous languages.

From The Internet and Languages [around the year 2000] by Lebert, Marie




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