ASCII

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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

We are deeply indebted to the Library of Congress for preparing, posting, and freely distributing this as Plain Vanilla ASCII.

From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress

If stripping the accents would unacceptably degrade the book, then submit two versions, one "8-bit" with the accents included and one "7-bit" plain ASCII, and we will post both.

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim

I know it's a bone of contention, but we probably need to explore moving away from ASCII.

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim