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  • ANSI INCITS 4 : 1986 : R2002

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

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    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2007

    Publisher:  Information Technology Industry Council

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    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

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    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).

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    Committee X3L2
    Document Type Standard
    Product Note Reconfirmed 2002
    Publisher Information Technology Industry Council
    Status Current

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    ANSI INCITS 114 : 84(R1991) ALPHANUMERIC MACHINES, CODED CHARACTER SETS FOR KEYBOARD ARRANGEMENTS IN ANSI X4.23-1982 AND X4.22-1983
    ISO 1155:1978 Information processing Use of longitudinal parity to detect errors in information messages
    ANSI INCITS 59 : 1981 MAGNETIC TAPE CASSETTES FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE DUAL TRACK COMPLEMENTARY RETURN-TO-BIAS (CRB) FOUR STATES RECORDING ON 3.81MM (0.150in) TAPE
    ISO 4337:1977 Information processing Interchangeable magnetic twelve-disk pack (100 Mbytes)
    ISO 5653:1980 Information processing Interchangeable magnetic twelve-disk pack (200 Mbytes)
    ANSI INCITS 16 : 76(R1990) CHARACTER STRUCTURE AND CHARACTER PARITY SENSE FOR SERIAL-BY-BIT DATA COMMUNICATION IN THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE,
    ISO/IEC 6429:1992 Information technology Control functions for coded character sets
    ANSI INCITS 98 : 1983 TEXT INFORMATION INTERCHANGE IN PAGE IMAGE FORMAT (PIF)
    ISO 6596-2:1985 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 2: Track format
    ANSI INCITS 32 : 1990 GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE CONTROL CHARACTERS OF AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
    ISO 5654-1:1984 Information processing Data interchange on 200 mm (8 in) flexible disk cartridges using two-frequency recording at 13 262 ftprad, 1,9 tpmm (48 tpi), on one side Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics
    ANSI INCITS 28 : 1976 COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL CHARACTERS OF AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE IN SPECIFIED DATA COMMUNICATION LINKS, PROCEDURES FOR THE USE OF THE,
    ANSI INCITS 64 : 1979 ADDITIONAL CONTROLS FOR USE WITH THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
    ISO 5654-2:1985 Information processing Data interchange on 200 mm (8 in) flexible disk cartridges using two- frequency recording at 13 262 ftprad, 1.9 tpmm (48 tpi), on one side Part 2: Track format
    ISO 6586:1980 Data processing Implementation of the ISO 7- bit and 8- bit coded character sets on punched cards
    ISO/IEC 4873:1991 Information technology ISO 8-bit code for information interchange Structure and rules for implementation
    ISO/IEC 2022:1994 Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques
    ANSI INCITS 72 : 1981 PARALLEL RECORDED MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE 4 TRACK, 0.250 INCH (6.30 MM), 1600 BPI (63 BPMM), PHASE ENCODED
    ISO 963:1973 Information processing Guide for the definition of 4- bit character sets derived from the 7- bit coded character set for information processing interchange
    ANSI INCITS 15 : 76(R1990) BIT SEQUENCING OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE IN SERIAL-BY-BIT DATA TRANSMISSION
    ANSI INCITS 110 : 83(R1991) VIDEOTEX/TELETEXT PRESENTATION LEVEL PROTOCOL SYNTAX (NORTH AMERICAN PLPS) (CSA T500-1983)
    ISO/IEC 7350:1991 Information technology Registration of repertoires of graphic characters from ISO/IEC 10367
    ANSI INCITS 27 : 1987 INFORMATION SYSTEMS - FILE STRUCTURE AND LABELING OF MAGNETIC TAPES FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
    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
    ISO/IEC 7487-1:1993 Information technology 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 ISO type 202 Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics
    ISO 2047:1975 Information processing Graphical representations for the control characters of the 7- bit coded character set
    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
    ISO 6937-1:1983 Information processing — Coded character sets for text communication — Part 1: General introduction
    ISO 7065-1:1985 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 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics
    ISO 6937-2:1983 Information processing Coded character sets for text communication Part 2: Latin alphabetic and non-alphabetic graphic characters
    ANSI INCITS 23 : 1985 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE - COBOL
    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
    ISO 3563:1976 Information processing — Interchangeable magnetic single-disk cartridge (top loaded) — Track format
    ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
    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 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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