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A definition or brief description of ASCII.

An acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange; the term refers to a standard that has evolved over many years to improve upon the shortcomings of numerous earlier "teletype" codes; the first widely adopted[1] versions were published in 1963[2] and 1967[3].

  1. http://itl.nist.gov/History%20Documents/FIPS%201.pdf
  2. ASA standard X3.4-1963
  3. USA Standard Code for Information Interchange X3.4-1967