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American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), maistlins said [ˈaski] is a chairacter encodin foondit on the English ABC. ASCII codes represents text in computers, communications graith, an ither devices that wirks wi text. Maist modren chairacter encodins — dealin wi mony mair chairacters — haes a historical foond in ASCII.

Wark on ASCII begoud in 1960. The first edeetion o the staundart wis setten furth in 1963,[1]a major reveesion in 1967, an the maist recent update in 1986. Juist nou, it haes codes for 128 chairacters: 33 is nane-prentin, maistlins obsolete control chairacters that affects the wey that text is processed, an 95 is prentable chairacters.

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  1. Brandel, Mary. 1963: The Debut of ASCII: History o the stairt o the ASCII standard.

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