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-ASCII  
 !!!ASCII 
-NAME  
-DESCRIPTION  
-HISTORY  
-SEE ALSO  
+  
 ---- 
 !!NAME 
  
  
 ascii - the ASCII character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal 
 !!DESCRIPTION 
  
  
-ASCII is the American Standard Code for Information  
- Interchange. It is a 7-bit code. Many 8-bit codes (such as  
- ISO 8859-1, the Linux default character set) contain ASCII  
- as their lower half. The international counterpart of ASCII  
- is known as ISO 646. 
+ASCII is the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It is a 7-bit code. Many 8-bit codes (such as ISO 8859-1, the Linux default character set) contain ASCII as their lower half. The international counterpart of ASCII is known as ISO 646. 
  
  
-The following table contains the 128 ASCII  
- characters. 
+The following table contains the 128 ASCII characters.  
+  
+  
+C program '\X' escapes are noted.  
+  
+|Oct|Dec|Hex|Char| |Oct|Dec|Hex|Char  
+|000||00|NUL '\' (Null)| |100|64|40|@  
+|001|1|01|SOH (Start heading)| |101|65|41|A  
+|002|2|02|STX (Start text)| |102|66|42|B  
+|003|3|03|ETX (End text)| |103|67|43|C  
+|004|4|04|EOT (End of transmission)| |104|68|44|D  
+|005|5|05|ENQ (Enquiry)| |105|69|45|E  
+|006|6|06|ACK (Acknowledge)| |106|70|46|F  
+|007|7|07|BEL '\a' (ring bell)| |107|71|47|G  
+|010|8|08|BS '\b' (backspace)| |110|72|48|H  
+|011|9|09|HT '\t' (horizontal tab)| |111|73|49|I  
+|012|10|0A|LF '\n' (line feed)| |112|74|4A|J  
+|013|11|0B|VT '\v' (vertical tab)| |113|75|4B|K  
+|014|12|0C|FF '\f' (form feed)| |114|76|4C|L  
+|015|13|0D|CR '\r' (carriage return)| |115|77|4D|M  
+|016|14|0E|SO (shift out)| |116|78|4E|N  
+|017|15|0F|SI (shift in)| |117|79|4F|O  
+|020|16|10|DLE (data link escape)| |120|80|50|P  
+|021|17|11|DC1 (device control 1)| |121|81|51|Q  
+|022|18|12|DC2 (dev. cntl 2)| |122|82|52|R  
+|023|19|13|DC3 (dev. cntl 3)| |123|83|53|S  
+|024|20|14|DC4 (dev. cntl 4)| |124|84|54|T  
+|025|21|15|NAK (negative acknowledge)| |125|85|55|U  
+|026|22|16|SYN (synchronous idle)| |126|86|56|V  
+|027|23|17|ETB (end of transmission block)| |127|87|57|W  
+|030|24|18|CAN (cancel)| |130|88|58|X  
+|031|25|19|EM (end of medium)| |131|89|59|Y  
+|032|26|1A|SUB (substitute)| |132|90|5A|Z  
+|033|27|1B|ESC (escape)| |133|91|5B|[  
+|034|28|1C|FS (file separator)| |134|92|5C|\  
+|035|29|1D|GS (group separator)| |135|93|5D|]  
+|036|30|1E|RS (record separator)| |136|94|5E|^^  
+|037|31|1F|US (unit separator)| |137|95|5F|_  
+|040|32|20|SPACE| |140|96|60|`  
+|041|33|21|!| |141|97|61|a  
+|042|34|22|"| |142|98|62|b  
+|043|35|23|#| |143|99|63|c  
+|044|36|24|$| |144|100|64|d  
+|045|37|25|%| |145|101|65|e  
+|046|38|26|&| |146|102|66|f  
+|047|39|27|'| |147|103|67|g  
+|050|40|28|(| |150|104|68|h  
+|051|41|29|)| |151|105|69|i  
+|052|42|2A|*| |152|106|6A|j  
+|053|43|2B|+| |153|107|6B|k  
+|054|44|2C|,| |154|108|6C|l  
+|055|45|2D|-| |155|109|6D|m  
+|056|46|2E|.| |156|110|6E|n  
+|057|47|2F|/| |157|111|6F|o  
+|060|48|30|| |160|112|70|p  
+|061|49|31|1| |161|113|71|q  
+|062|50|32|2| |162|114|72|r  
+|063|51|33|3| |163|115|73|s  
+|064|52|34|4| |164|116|74|t  
+|065|53|35|5| |165|117|75|u  
+|066|54|36|6| |166|118|76| v  
+|067|55|37|7| |167|119|77|w  
+|070|56|38|8| |170|120|78|x  
+|071|57|39|9| |171|121|79|y  
+|072|58|3A|:| |172|122|7A|z  
+|073|59|3B|;| |173|123|7B|{  
+|074|60|3C|<| |174|124|7C| vertical bar  
+|075|61|3D|=| |175|125|7D|}  
+|076|62|3E|>| |176|126|7E|~  
+|077|63|3F|?| |177|127|7F|DEL  
  
  
-C program 'X' escapes are noted.  
 !!HISTORY 
  
  
-An __ascii__ manual page appeared in Version 7 AT__  
+An __ascii__ manual page appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.  
  
  
-On older terminals, the underscore code is displayed as a  
- left arrow, called backarrow, the caret is displayed as an  
- up-arrow and the vertical bar has a hole in the  
- middle. 
+On older terminals, the underscore code is displayed as a left arrow, called backarrow, the caret is displayed as an up-arrow and the vertical bar has a hole in the middle. 
  
  
-Uppercase and lowercase characters differ by just one bit  
- and the ASCII character 2 differs from the double quote by  
- just one bit, too. That made it much easier to encode  
- characters mechanically or with a non-microcontroller-based  
- electronic keyboard and that pairing was found on old  
- teletypes. 
+Uppercase and lowercase characters differ by just one bit and the ASCII character 2 differs from the double quote by just one bit, too. That made it much easier to encode characters mechanically or with a non-microcontroller-based electronic keyboard and that pairing was found on old teletypes. 
  
  
-The ASCII standard was published by the United States of  
- America Standards Institute (USASI) in 1968. 
+The ASCII standard was published by the United States of America Standards Institute (USASI) in 1968. 
 !!SEE ALSO 
  
-  
- iso_8859_1(7), __ iso_8859_15__ (7),  
- iso_8859_7(7) 
+iso_8859_1(7), iso_8859_15(7), iso_8859_7(7) 
 ---- 
+See also the utf8(7) man page.  
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