Ascii

/ˈæskiː/

Meaning & Definition

noun

A character encoding standard for electronic communication that represents text in computers and other devices that use text.

The ASCII encoding uses 7 bits to represent characters, allowing for 128 unique symbols.

A method of representing graphical images using text characters.

He created an ASCII art piece that depicted a cat using only keyboard symbols.

Any format or data that adheres to ASCII encoding.

The file was saved in ASCII format to ensure compatibility across different systems.

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASCII art

Visual art created using characters from the ASCII standard.

ASCII code

The numerical representation of characters according to the ASCII standard.

Plain ASCII

Text without any special formatting or characters outside the ASCII range.

Unicode

A universal character encoding standard that supersedes ASCII.

UTF-8

A variable-length character encoding for Unicode, compatible with ASCII.

Control character

Non-printing characters in ASCII that control how text is processed.

ASCII art

People often share ASCII art in online forums.

ASCII-based

An ASCII-based game is one that uses only standard keyboard characters.