ASCII INFO

What is ASCII?

The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) assigns values between 0 to 255 for upper and lower case letters, numbers, punctuation, and other symbols. It is pronounced ask-ee. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices.

• 0 - 31

  are Control Codes

• 32 - 127

  are Standard Characters

• 128 - 255

  are Non-Standard Characters (Special Symbols and International)

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