The simplest communications protocol for text. The ASCII protocol transmits only ASCII characters and uses ASCII control codes. It also implies little or no error ...

The second half of the ASCII character set (characters 128 through 255). Designed in the 1960s, ASCII was originally a 7-bit code (0 through 127). To accommodate foreign languages, the DOS code set ...

ASCII plays a much more important role on our systems than generating techno-art. Let's explore the commands that allow you to see how it works. Back when I started working with computers, ...

In case you grow tired of clear-written, understandable code, obfuscation contests provide a nice change of scenery, and trying to make sense of their entries can be a fun-time activity and an ...

There's an old engineering joke that says: “Standards are great … everyone should have one!” The problem is that – very often – everyone does. Consider the case of storing textual data inside a ...

Here is a complete guide for you to create ASCII art on your Windows PC. An ASCII art is a graphic design technique that is used to create an art piece with multiple printable characters defined by ...