Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
Acronym of American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: US-ASCII
Antonyms: none provided
name
Alternative letter-case form of ASCII.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncommon
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
ascians
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: code, computer code
History
From Latin asciī, plural of ascius, from Ancient Greek ἄσκῐος (áskĭos, “shadowless”).
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
