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ATASCII

ATASCII proper noun: an ASCII-based character set used in the Atari 8-bit family of home computers of the 1980s.

Proper noun

ATASCII

  1. (historical) An ASCII-based character set used in the Atari 8-bit family of home computers of the 1980s.

Origin of ATASCII

Short for Atari Standard Code for Information Interchange, modelled on ASCII.

Questions about ATASCII

What does ATASCII mean?
ATASCII means an ASCII-based character set used in the Atari 8-bit family of home computers of the 1980s.
What part of speech is ATASCII?
ATASCII is a proper noun.

Words near ATASCII in the dictionary

  1. Atariesque
  2. ataris
  3. atars
  4. atas
  5. Atascadero
  6. ATASCII
  7. Atascosa
  8. Atascosa County
  9. ATase
  10. Atash Behram
  11. Atash Behrams

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