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ANSI INCITS 4 : 1986 : R2002

Superseded

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS - CODED CHARACTER SETS - 7-BIT AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE (7-BIT ASCII)

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

24-04-2024

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2007

1. Scope and Field of Application
2. Conformance and Implementation
   2.1 Conformance
   2.2 Implementation
3. Definitions
4. Specification of the Coded Character Set
   4.1 Control Characters
   4.2 SPACE
   4.3 Graphic Characters
5. Composite Graphic Characters
6. Code Table
7. Description of the Control Characters
Appendixes
Appendix A Design Considerations for the Coded Character Set
  A1. Introduction
  A2. Considerations Affecting the Code
  A3. Set Size
  A4. Set Structure
  A5. Choice of Graphics
  A6. Graphic Subset Structure
  A7. Control Subset Content and Structure
  A8. Collating Sequence
Appendix B Notes on Application
  B1. Introduction
  B2. Character Substitutions
  B3. Interoperation of "LF" and "NL" ASCII Equipment
  B4. Related Larger and Smaller Sets
  B5. International Considerations
  B6. Communication Considerations
  B7. Graphic Character Distinguish ability
Appendix C Original Criteria
  C1. Introduction
  C2. Criteria
Appendix D Revision Criteria and Guidelines
  D1. Introduction
  D2. The 1977 Revision
  D3. The 1986 Revision
  D4. Succeeding Revisions
Appendix E Related Standards
  E1. American National Standards
  E2. International Standards

Describes a set of 128 characters (control characters and graphic characters, such as letters, digits, and symbols) with their coded representation. The American National Standard Code for Information Interchange may also be identified by the acronym ASCII (pronounced askee).

Committee
X3L2
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
31
ProductNote
Reconfirmed 2002
PublisherName
Information Technology Industry Council
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

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ANSI INCITS 64 : 1979 ADDITIONAL CONTROLS FOR USE WITH THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
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ISO/IEC 2022:1994 Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques
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ANSI INCITS 110 : 83(R1991) VIDEOTEX/TELETEXT PRESENTATION LEVEL PROTOCOL SYNTAX (NORTH AMERICAN PLPS) (CSA T500-1983)
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ISO 1113:1979 Information processing Representation of the 7- bit coded character set on punched tape
ISO 3561:1976 Information processing — Interchangeable magnetic six-disk pack — Track format
ISO 6596-1:1985 Information processing Data interchange on 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridges using two-frequency recording at 7 958 ftprad, 1.9 tpmm (48 tpi), on one side Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics
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ISO 1745:1975 Information processing Basic mode control procedures for data communication systems
ISO 3407:1983 Information processing — Information interchange on 3,81 mm (0.150 in) magnetic tape cassette at 4 cpmm (100 cpi), phase encoded at 63 ftpmm (1 600 ftpi)
ISO 2111:1985 Data communication Basic mode control procedures Code independent information transfer
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ISO 1177:1985 Information processing Character structure for start/stop and synchronous character oriented transmission
ISO 4057:1986 Information processing — Data interchange on 6,30 mm (0.25 in) magnetic tape cartridge, 63 bpmm (1 600 bpi) phase-encoded
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ANSI INCITS 57 : 1977 MESSAGE HEADINGS FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE USING THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE FOR DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CONTROL, STRUCTURE FOR FORMATTING,
ISO 962:1974 Information processing Implementation of the 7- bit coded character set and its 7- bit and 8-bit extensions on 9- track 12,7 mm (0.5 in) magnetic tape
ISO 1001:1986 Information processing — File structure and labelling of magnetic tapes for information interchange
ISO 2033:1983 Information processing Coding of machine readable characters (MICR and OCR)
ISO 7065-2:1985 Information processing Data interchange on 200 mm (8 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 13 262 ftprad, 1,9 tpmm (48 tpi), on both sides Part 2: Track format
ANSI INCITS 26 : 80(R1991) HOLLERITH PUNCHED CARD CODE
ISO 7487-2:1985 Information processing Data interchange on 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 7 958 ftprad, 1,9 tpmm (48 tpi), on both sides Part 2: Track format A
ANSI INCITS 6 : 65(R1991) PERFORATED TAPE CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
ANSI INCITS 25 : 1976 CHARACTER STRUCTURE AND CHARACTER PARITY SENSE FOR PARALLEL-BY-BIT DATA COMMUNICATION IN THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE,
ISO 4341:1978 Information processing — Magnetic tape cassette and cartridge labelling and file structure for information interchange
ANSI INCITS 45 : 1982 INFORMATION SYSTEMS - CHARACTER SET FOR HANDPRINTING
ANSI INCITS 41 : 1990 CODE EXTENSION TECHNIQUES FOR USE WITH THE 7 BIT CODED CHARACTER SET OF AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE (ASCII), X3.4-1968,

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