ASCIIrelated

ASCIIrelated is a term used to describe topics, content, or software that pertain to the ASCII character encoding and its derivatives. ASCII, standing for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a 7-bit encoding that defines 128 code points: 32 through 126 are printable characters, while 0 through 31 and 127 are control codes used to manage devices. Many systems implement extended ASCII variants (for example ISO/IEC 8859-1 or Windows-1252) that map the eighth bit to additional characters, leading to a family of code pages.

Common ASCIIrelated topics include the historical development of ASCII, its technical properties, and its practical uses. ASCII underpins plain-text data in many network protocols and formats, such as email, HTTP, JSON, and XML, where non-ASCII characters are either encoded or avoided. It also encompasses ASCII art, which uses ordinary characters to create images, and the role of ASCII control characters in terminals and printers (for layout and device control).

In contemporary computing, ASCII is a subset of Unicode and remains important for compatibility and interoperability. ASCIIrelated discussions often address encoding conversions, data portability, and the preservation of ASCII in legacy software and protocols.