Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

ASCII

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


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

If this is your intention, make sure that text is sent to you in plain ASCII, or TTY mode.

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd

The accented characters of several European languages and characters of some other languages were taken into account from 1986 onwards with 8-bit variants of ASCII, also called extended ASCII, that provided sets of 256 characters.

From The eBook is 40 (1971-2011) by Lebert, Marie

To deal with these within the limits of plain vanilla ASCII, I have done the following in this E-text.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "ASCII" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com