ASCII

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  • noun

Synonyms for ASCII

(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies

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The order of character codes that produces this graphic display is base.

While the system was too expensive to be commercially successful, the Xerox multilingual character code generated considerable interest among computer specialists and linguists.

CIK Confirmation Code (CCC), an eight character code that is used in conjunction with the CIK to authenticate a filing.

Therefore, when you want to produce a bullet list, insert an IBM-US character code by pressing Control simultaneously with V, producing the Key = prompt, which can be answered with 6, 34, and Enter.

It uses the BIOS interrupt 16h (16 hexadecimal, equal to 22 decimal) to put the key character code (the character ascii value) into a PC register (data working area) called AL.

The four-level compression algorithm includes a level using modified Huffman Encoding, a scheme that substitutes an eight-bit character code with a shorter code.

The machine, developed at a low cost by UKFast's security team, has the ability to crack a six character code of letters, numbers and symbols in less than a minute and a half, shattering the belief that complex passwords are sufficient to protect personal data online.

This reference outlines the requirements for conforming to the Unicode character encoding standard, and provides guidelines for implementers and character code charts and names.

"Through various database translation support toots that can make effective use of past translations, and in the near future a document creation tool that can cope with each character code without being dependent on the computer's OS, Creer is investing in maximizing the latest translation technology," says Luu.

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