American Standard Code for Information Interchange

English

Proper noun

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

1. (computing) A 7-bit character set and character encoding. Based on the Roman alphabet as used in modern English, the code is employed almost universally on computing machinery, and has been integrated into the newer Unicode standard.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) ASCII

Translations

character encoding

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 美國資訊交換標準代碼／美国资讯交换标准代码 (mei⁵ gwok³ zi¹ seon³ gaau¹ wun⁶ biu¹ zeon² doi⁶ maa⁵), 美國信息交換標準代碼／美国信息交换标准代码 (mei⁵ gwok³ seon³ sik¹ gaau¹ wun⁶ biu¹ zeon² doi⁶ maa⁵)

  Hokkien: 美國資訊交換標準代碼／美国资讯交换标准代码 (Bí-kok Chu-sìn Kau-ōaⁿ Piau-chún Tāi-bé)

  Mandarin: 美國資訊交換標準代碼／美国资讯交换标准代码 (Měiguó Zīxùn Jiāohuàn Biāozhǔn Dàimǎ), 美國信息交換標準代碼／美国信息交换标准代码 (Měiguó Xìnxī Jiāohuàn Biāozhǔn Dàimǎ, Měiguó Xìnxí Jiāohuàn Biāozhǔn Dàimǎ)

• Finnish: ASCII
• French: Code américain normalisé pour l’échange d’information m
• Portuguese: ASCII (pt) m

See also

• ASCIIbetical
• extended ASCII