English Explanatory Dictionary

ASCII

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Acronym of American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
noun
  1. ascians
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of ASCII.

Pronunciation

/ˈæski/ en-us-ASCII.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ASCII.wav

Word forms

ASCII

Etymology

From Latin asciī, plural of ascius, from Ancient Greek ἄσκῐος (áskĭos, “shadowless”).

Synonyms

US-ASCII

Related words

extended ASCII 7-bit EBCDIC Unicode UTF-7 UTF-8 UTF-16

Derived words

ArmSCII ASCII armor ASCII art ASCIIbetical ASCIIfication ASCIIfy ATASCII extended ASCII PETSCII pure ASCII text US-ASCII
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