Friday, February 25, 2011

ASCII

The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) is introduced in 1963. ASCII is a universal standard for computers that allows machines from different manufacturers to exchange data. 128 unique 7-bit strings stand for either a letter of the English alphabet, one of the Arabic numerals, one of an assortment of punctuation marks and symbols, or a special function.
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