ascii character

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   any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers

   Broadercharacter

   Narrowercontrol character

   Part ofAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange

Questions about ascii character

What does ascii character mean?

ascii character means "any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers".

Is ascii character a common word?

ascii character is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.