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ASCII: A Comprehensive Guide

Understanding ASCII

ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It is a 7-bit character encoding standard that assigns numerical values to characters and basic punctuation.

ASCII Code:

Each ASCII character is represented by a unique 7-bit code. The code values range from 0 to 127, where 0-31 are reserved for control characters, 32-126 are printable characters, and 127 is the delete character.

Uses of ASCII:

ASCII is widely used for text-based communication, including:

• Emails
• Text messaging
• Character-based user interfaces
• Data storage and transfer

Finding ASCII Character Values:

You can find the ASCII code for a character using online tools or by using the "Character Map" feature in your operating system.

Unicode and ASCII:

Unicode is a more comprehensive encoding standard that supports a wider range of characters than ASCII. However, ASCII remains widely used as a subset of Unicode.

Examples:

Some common ASCII characters include:

• 'A' (65)
• '!' (33)
• ' ' (32)
• Carriage return (13)
• Line feed (10)