The ASCII character table, also known as the ASCII code table or ASCII character set, is a standardized set of characters that is widely used for representing text in computer systems and devices. ASCII stands for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, and it was developed in the early 1960s by a committee in the United States.
The ASCII character table consists of a total of 128 characters, including control characters, printable characters, and non-printable characters. Each character is assigned a unique numeric value ranging from 0 to 127, which is represented in binary form with 7 bits. The ASCII table includes upper and lower case letters, digits, punctuation marks, special characters, and various control codes.
The ASCII character table has become the de facto standard for text encoding in computer systems and communication protocols. It allows different devices and software applications to communicate and interpret text data consistently. ASCII-encoded text can be easily transmitted, displayed, stored, and processed across different platforms, as long as they adhere to the ASCII standard.
While the ASCII character table is widely used, it has some limitations. It only includes characters for the English language and does not support characters from other languages, symbols, or graphical elements. As a result, different character encoding schemes, such as Unicode, have been developed to overcome these limitations and support a broader range of characters.
