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Short for American Standard Code for Information Interexchange, ASCII is an standard thatassigns letters, numbers, and other characters within the 256 slots available in the 8-bit code. TheASC decimal !"ec# number is created from binar$, which is the language of all com%uters. Asshown in the table below, the lower case &h& character !Char# has a decimal value of '(), whichis &(''('(((& in binar$.

The ASC table is divided in * different sections.

• Non printable, s$stem codes between ( and *'.

• Lower ASCII, between *2 and '2+. This table originates from the older, American

s$stems, which wored on +-bit character tables.

• Higher ASCII, between '28 and 255. This %ortion is %rogrammable characters are based

on the language of $our o%erating s$stem or %rogram $ou are using. oreign letters arealso %laced in this section.

Extended or Higher ASCII characters and codes

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Standard or /ower ASC characters and codes

Char Dec Binar Char Dec Binar Char Dec Binar

0 (** (('((((' A (65 ('(((((' a (1+ (''(((('

& (*) (('((('( (66 ('(((('( b (18 (''((('(

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4 (*6 (('(('(( " (68 ('((('(( d '(( (''(('(( (*+ (('(('(' (61 ('((('(' e '(' (''(('('

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+ (55 ((''(''' J (8+ ('('(''' w ''1 ('''('''

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