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US-ASCII

US-ASCII proper noun: synonym of ASCII, especially to differentiate it from 8-bit extended ASCII.

Proper noun

US-ASCII

  1. (formal, retronym) Synonym of ASCII, especially to differentiate it from 8-bit extended ASCII.
    • Here, we see that the source encoding has fallen back to US-ASCII because none was explicitly set.2009, Gregory T. Brown, Ruby Best Practices, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 189
    Synonyms:
    ASCII

Synonyms of US-ASCII

Origin of US-ASCII

From US (“United States”) + ASCII.

Questions about US-ASCII

What does US-ASCII mean?
US-ASCII means synonym of ASCII, especially to differentiate it from 8-bit extended ASCII.
What part of speech is US-ASCII?
US-ASCII is a proper noun.

Words near US-ASCII in the dictionary

  1. US-Americans
  2. us-and-them
  3. us-and-them-ism
  4. US-anian
  5. US-anians
  6. US-ASCII
  7. us-en
  8. US-er
  9. US-ers
  10. US-ian
  11. US-ians

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