ASCII
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ASCII is a widely used character encoding standard that represents text in computers and other devices using 7-bit numerical codes for letters, digits, punctuation, and control characters.
Aliases (2)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character encoding standard
→
character set → |
| abbreviationOf |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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| basedOn |
teleprinter codes
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|
| category |
7-bit character encoding
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| characterEncodingType |
single-byte encoding
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| codePointRange |
0–127
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| definesCodePoints |
128
→
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| DELCodePoint |
127
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| designedFor |
computers
→
telecommunications equipment → |
| doesNotSupport |
accented Latin letters
→
non-Latin scripts → |
| firstPublishedYear |
1963
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| fullName |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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| hasControlCharacter |
DEL
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| hasControlCharacterRange |
0–31
→
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| includes |
BEL control character
→
ESC control character → NUL control character → basic punctuation characters → carriage return control character → control characters → digits 0–9 → lowercase Latin letters a–z → newline control character → printable characters → space character → tab control character → uppercase Latin letters A–Z → |
| influenced |
ISO 646
→
UTF-8 → Unicode → extended ASCII encodings → |
| isSubsetOf |
UTF-8
→
Unicode → |
| mostSignificantBit |
0
→
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| printableCharacterRange |
32–126
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|
| revisedYear |
1967
→
1968 → |
| standardizedBy |
ANSI
→
ASA → |
| standardNumber |
ANSI X3.4
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| supportsLanguage |
English
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|
| usedFor |
data interchange
→
text representation in communication equipment → text representation in computers → |
| usesBitWidth |
7-bit
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Basic Latin
→
Basic Latin ("ISO 646") → |
encodingBasisFor |
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ASCII
("American Standard Code for Information Interchange")
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abbreviationOf |
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ASCII
("American Standard Code for Information Interchange")
→
|
fullName |