ASCII
UK[ˈaskiː]US[ˈæskiː]
n
A standard code for representing text characters in computers and communication equipment, using numbers to represent letters, digits, punctuation marks, and control signals.
Etymology
ASCII is an acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It was developed in the 1960s as a standardized character encoding scheme to ensure compatibility between different computer systems. The term itself is a modern technological coinage, formed by taking the initial letters of its descriptive name. As an acronym, it functions as a simplex lexical unit, and its meaning is entirely derived from the full phrase it represents, not from the combination of independent morphemes.
Analysis
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Examples
The early internet relied heavily on the ASCII character set for displaying text.
You can create simple diagrams using only ASCII art.
The file was saved in plain ASCII format for maximum compatibility.