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An [[acronym]] for '''A'''merican '''S'''tandard '''C'''ode for '''I'''nformation '''I'''nterchange; the term refers to a standard that has evolved over many years to improve upon the shortcomings of numerous earlier "[[teletype]]" codes;  the first widely adopted<ref>http://itl.nist.gov/History%20Documents/FIPS%201.pdf</ref> versions were published in [[1963]]<ref>ASA standard X3.4-1963</ref> and [[1967]]<ref>USA Standard Code for Information Interchange X3.4-1967</ref>.
An [[acronym]] for '''A'''merican '''S'''tandard '''C'''ode for '''I'''nformation '''I'''nterchange; the term refers to a standard that has evolved over many years to improve upon the shortcomings of numerous earlier "[[teletype]]" codes;  the first widely adopted versions were published in [[1963]] and [[1967]].
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A definition or brief description of ASCII.

An acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange; the term refers to a standard that has evolved over many years to improve upon the shortcomings of numerous earlier "teletype" codes; the first widely adopted versions were published in 1963 and 1967.