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American Standard Code for Information Interchange [1 record]

Record 1 2010-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

A code of 8 bits in which seven bits indicate the character represented and the eighth (high-order) is used for parity.

OBS

ASCII uses a possible 128 characters of which 96 are for characters that can be displayed (letters, numbers, special characters), and 32 are for hardware control such as carriage return and page advance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
DEF

Code standard de transmission de données qui comprend sept bits d'information et un bit de parité permettant de détecter les erreurs, ce qui offre 128 combinaisons de codes possibles.

Key term(s)
  • code normalisé américain pour l'échange d'information

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
DEF

Código que usa ocho bits por carácter (siendo uno de ellos un bit de paridad), constando dicho conjunto de caracteres gráficos y de caracteres de control, utilizados estos últimos para el intercambio de información entre los sistemas de procesamiento de datos y los sistemas de comunicación, y entre los equipos asociados con ambos tipos de sistemas.

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