ASCII Character Set

    Pronounced "ass-kee" or "A-S-C-2", this set contains all the standard characters that are used on newgroups, e-mail, and web pages. Each character is designated by a number from 0 to 127. The left header represents the first digit of that number in hexidecimal, and the top header represents the second digit. To find the value in decimal form, multiply the number from the right column by 16 and add it to the appropriate number from the top row. A=10, B=11, and so forth up to F=15. Hexidecimal is a base-16 numbering system, as opposed to decimal which is base-10. IBM-Compatible machines have another 128 characters beyond these that are composed of non-English characters, graphics, and other special characters.

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0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

0

NUL

SOH

STX

ETX

EOT

ENQ

ACK

BEL

BS

HT

LF

VT

FF

CR

SO

SI

1

DLE

DC1

DC2

DC3

DC4

NAK

SYN

ETB

CAN

EM

SUB

ESC

FS

GS

RS

US

2

SP

!

"

#

$

%

&

'

(

)

*

+

,

-

.

/

3

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

:

;

<

=

>

?

4

@

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

5

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

[

\

]

^

_

6

`

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

7

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

{

|

}

~

DEL

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NUL

SOH
STX
ETX
EOT
ENQ
ACK
BEL
BS
TAB
LF
VT
FF
CR
SO
SI
DLE
DC1
DC2
DC3
DC4
NAK
SYN
ETB
CAN
EM
SUB
ESC
FS
GS
RS
US
DEL