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ASCII

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ASCII /ˈæski/ noun
ASCII
/ˈæski/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of ASCII
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: a standard way of representing numbers and letters in a computer file so that they can be read by most computers
◊ The word ASCII comes from the initial letters of the words in the phrase American Standard Code for Information Interchange.