Definition: ASCII assigns each English character and basic punctuation mark its own number from 0 to 127. Since the code is standard, every computer should be able to translate it into serviceable, if unglamorous, copy. So, when you're unsure what program - or what computer - is on the receiving end of a document, your safest bet is to save your file as plain ASCII text.
Examples: The capital letter A has an ASCII value of 65. The ASCII code for a space is 32.
You can reference a character by its ASCII code prefixed with a number sign (#). Example: To put the symbol for American cents into a character C, for example, you could code "c := #155;".
Pronunciation: ask-ee
Also Known As: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
