ASCII (?s?k?)n. Computers A standard for assigning numerical values to the set of letters in the Roman alphabet and typographic characters.[A(merican) S(tandard) C(ode for) I(nformation) I(nterchange).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.ASCII (?æski?) n acronym for (Computer Science) American standard code for information interchange: a computer code for representing alphanumeric charactersCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ASCII (?æs ki) n. a standardized code in which characters are represented for computer storage and transmission by the numbers 0 through 127. [1960?65; A(merican) S(tandard) C(ode for) I(nformation) I(nterchange)] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.ASCII (?s?k?) Computer Science A code that assigns numbers to the letters of the alphabet, the digits 0 through 9, and punctuation marks. For example, the capital letter A is coded as 65. (In the binary number system used by computers, 65 is written 1000001.) By standardizing the code used in representing written text, ASCII enables computers to exchange information.The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.ASCII(American Standard Code for Information Interchange). An eight-bit binary representation of letters and numbers.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited