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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

ASCII

/ˈæski/

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What does ASCII mean?

proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ASCII.
  2. Acronym of American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
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noun

  1. (obsolete) ascians
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈæski/

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This text was converted to ASCII format for Project Wittenberg by Allen Mulvey and is in the public domain.
Martin LutherDisputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of IndulgencesProject Gutenberg ebook #274
ASCII is a proper subset of this character set, so any "Plain ASCII" file meets ths criterion by definition.
Edith A. HowPeople of AfricaProject Gutenberg ebook #6693
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This will let the reader instantly tell by sight which pieces in the ASCII chess diagrams are black and which are white.
Edward LaskerChess and Checkers : the Way to MastershipProject Gutenberg ebook #4913
FEN notation is an ASCII representation of positions on a chessboard.
William Brett FishburneCheckmates for Three PiecesProject Gutenberg ebook #4542