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Re: Huh?



It's a computer term.  ASCII is the standard that defines all the characters
in the computer's typeset.  You generally only use the letters and numbers,
but the set also includes accented letters for foreign languages and a few
mathematical symbols.  From a DOS prompt, you use the command "type" to view
the ASCII text of a file.  As in:
c:\windows>type win.ini
Most files will look like gibberish when you do this, because the programs
that made the files have special codes that are made up of arrangements of
characters.
Here, this page explains the technical details:
http://209.66.74.129/lookup.cfm?term=ASCII

>What is ASCII text?  Please help very new to this stuff.  Thank you