Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

us-ascii

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: us-ascii
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of ASCII, especially to differentiate it from 8-bit extended ASCII.

Formal

Example Sentences

"Here, we see that the source encoding has fallen back to US-ASCII because none was explicitly set."

Etymology

From US (“United States”) + ASCII.

Usage

Formal

Synonyms

ASCII

Questions

What does us-ascii mean?: Synonym of ASCII, especially to differentiate it from 8-bit extended ASCII.
Where does us-ascii come from?: From US (“United States”) + ASCII.

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