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ASCII
(American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
ASCII is a character encoding standard that represents text in computers and other devices. It uses numerical values to represent letters, digits, punctuation marks, and control characters. ASCII was first introduced in 1963 and has since become a foundational standard in computing.
The ASCII table includes 128 characters, with each character assigned a unique 7-bit binary number. ASCII is widely used in programming, data transmission, and file formats. Despite the emergence of more comprehensive encoding systems like Unicode, ASCII remains relevant due to its simplicity and widespread adoption.
The ASCII table includes 128 characters, with each character assigned a unique 7-bit binary number. ASCII is widely used in programming, data transmission, and file formats. Despite the emergence of more comprehensive encoding systems like Unicode, ASCII remains relevant due to its simplicity and widespread adoption.