ANSI INCITS 4 : 1986 : R2007
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1. Scope and Field of Application
2. Conformance and Implementation
2.1 Conformance
2.2 Implementation
3. Definitions
4. Specification of the Coded Character Set
4.1 Control Characters
4.2 SPACE
4.3 Graphic Characters
5. Composite Graphic Characters
6. Code Table
7. Description of the Control Characters
Appendixes
Appendix A Design Considerations for the Coded Character Set
A1. Introduction
A2. Considerations Affecting the Code
A3. Set Size
A4. Set Structure
A5. Choice of Graphics
A6. Graphic Subset Structure
A7. Control Subset Content and Structure
A8. Collating Sequence
Appendix B Notes on Application
B1. Introduction
B2. Character Substitutions
B3. Interoperation of "LF" and "NL" ASCII Equipment
B4. Related Larger and Smaller Sets
B5. International Considerations
B6. Communication Considerations
B7. Graphic Character Distinguish ability
Appendix C Original Criteria
C1. Introduction
C2. Criteria
Appendix D Revision Criteria and Guidelines
D1. Introduction
D2. The 1977 Revision
D3. The 1986 Revision
D4. Succeeding Revisions
Appendix E Related Standards
E1. American National Standards
E2. International Standards
Describes a set of 128 characters (control characters and graphic characters, such as letters, digits, and symbols) with their coded representation. The American National Standard Code for Information Interchange may also be identified by the acronym ASCII (pronounced askee).
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Reconfirmed 2007
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Information Technology Industry Council
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Current
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| ISO 1155:1978 | Information processing Use of longitudinal parity to detect errors in information messages |
| ANSI INCITS 59 : 1981 | MAGNETIC TAPE CASSETTES FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE DUAL TRACK COMPLEMENTARY RETURN-TO-BIAS (CRB) FOUR STATES RECORDING ON 3.81MM (0.150in) TAPE |
| ISO 4337:1977 | Information processing Interchangeable magnetic twelve-disk pack (100 Mbytes) |
| ISO 5653:1980 | Information processing Interchangeable magnetic twelve-disk pack (200 Mbytes) |
| ANSI INCITS 16 : 76(R1990) | CHARACTER STRUCTURE AND CHARACTER PARITY SENSE FOR SERIAL-BY-BIT DATA COMMUNICATION IN THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE, |
| ISO/IEC 6429:1992 | Information technology Control functions for coded character sets |
| ANSI INCITS 98 : 1983 | TEXT INFORMATION INTERCHANGE IN PAGE IMAGE FORMAT (PIF) |
| ISO 6596-2:1985 | Information processing Data interchange on 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridges using two-frequency recording at 7 958 ftprad, 1,9 tpmm (48 tpi), on one side Part 2: Track format |
| ANSI INCITS 32 : 1990 | GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE CONTROL CHARACTERS OF AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE |
| ISO 5654-1:1984 | Information processing Data interchange on 200 mm (8 in) flexible disk cartridges using two-frequency recording at 13 262 ftprad, 1,9 tpmm (48 tpi), on one side Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics |
| ANSI INCITS 28 : 1976 | COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL CHARACTERS OF AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE IN SPECIFIED DATA COMMUNICATION LINKS, PROCEDURES FOR THE USE OF THE, |
| ANSI INCITS 64 : 1979 | ADDITIONAL CONTROLS FOR USE WITH THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE |
| ISO 5654-2:1985 | Information processing Data interchange on 200 mm (8 in) flexible disk cartridges using two- frequency recording at 13 262 ftprad, 1.9 tpmm (48 tpi), on one side Part 2: Track format |
| ISO 6586:1980 | Data processing Implementation of the ISO 7- bit and 8- bit coded character sets on punched cards |
| ISO/IEC 4873:1991 | Information technology ISO 8-bit code for information interchange Structure and rules for implementation |
| ISO/IEC 2022:1994 | Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques |
| ANSI INCITS 72 : 1981 | PARALLEL RECORDED MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE 4 TRACK, 0.250 INCH (6.30 MM), 1600 BPI (63 BPMM), PHASE ENCODED |
| ISO 963:1973 | Information processing Guide for the definition of 4- bit character sets derived from the 7- bit coded character set for information processing interchange |
| ANSI INCITS 15 : 76(R1990) | BIT SEQUENCING OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE IN SERIAL-BY-BIT DATA TRANSMISSION |
| ANSI INCITS 110 : 83(R1991) | VIDEOTEX/TELETEXT PRESENTATION LEVEL PROTOCOL SYNTAX (NORTH AMERICAN PLPS) (CSA T500-1983) |
| ISO/IEC 7350:1991 | Information technology Registration of repertoires of graphic characters from ISO/IEC 10367 |
| ANSI INCITS 27 : 1987 | INFORMATION SYSTEMS - FILE STRUCTURE AND LABELING OF MAGNETIC TAPES FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE |
| ISO 1113:1979 | Information processing Representation of the 7- bit coded character set on punched tape |
| ISO 3561:1976 | Information processing — Interchangeable magnetic six-disk pack — Track format |
| ISO 6596-1:1985 | Information processing Data interchange on 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridges using two-frequency recording at 7 958 ftprad, 1.9 tpmm (48 tpi), on one side Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics |
| ISO/IEC 7487-1:1993 | Information technology Data interchange on 130 mm (5,25 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 7 958 ftprad, 1,9 tpmm (48 tpi), on both sides ISO type 202 Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics |
| ISO 2047:1975 | Information processing Graphical representations for the control characters of the 7- bit coded character set |
| ISO 1745:1975 | Information processing Basic mode control procedures for data communication systems |
| ISO 3407:1983 | Information processing — Information interchange on 3,81 mm (0.150 in) magnetic tape cassette at 4 cpmm (100 cpi), phase encoded at 63 ftpmm (1 600 ftpi) |
| ISO 2111:1985 | Data communication Basic mode control procedures Code independent information transfer |
| ISO 6937-1:1983 | Information processing — Coded character sets for text communication — Part 1: General introduction |
| ISO 7065-1:1985 | Information processing Data interchange on 200 mm (8 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 13 262 ftprad, 1,9 tpmm (48 tpi), on both sides Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics |
| ISO 6937-2:1983 | Information processing Coded character sets for text communication Part 2: Latin alphabetic and non-alphabetic graphic characters |
| ANSI INCITS 23 : 1985 | PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE - COBOL |
| ISO 1177:1985 | Information processing Character structure for start/stop and synchronous character oriented transmission |
| ISO 4057:1986 | Information processing — Data interchange on 6,30 mm (0.25 in) magnetic tape cartridge, 63 bpmm (1 600 bpi) phase-encoded |
| ISO 3563:1976 | Information processing — Interchangeable magnetic single-disk cartridge (top loaded) — Track format |
| ISO/IEC 646:1991 | Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange |
| ANSI INCITS 57 : 1977 | MESSAGE HEADINGS FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE USING THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE FOR DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CONTROL, STRUCTURE FOR FORMATTING, |
| ISO 962:1974 | Information processing Implementation of the 7- bit coded character set and its 7- bit and 8-bit extensions on 9- track 12,7 mm (0.5 in) magnetic tape |
| ISO 1001:1986 | Information processing — File structure and labelling of magnetic tapes for information interchange |
| ISO 2033:1983 | Information processing Coding of machine readable characters (MICR and OCR) |
| ISO 7065-2:1985 | Information processing Data interchange on 200 mm (8 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 13 262 ftprad, 1,9 tpmm (48 tpi), on both sides Part 2: Track format |
| ANSI INCITS 26 : 80(R1991) | HOLLERITH PUNCHED CARD CODE |
| ISO 7487-2:1985 | Information processing Data interchange on 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 7 958 ftprad, 1,9 tpmm (48 tpi), on both sides Part 2: Track format A |
| ANSI INCITS 6 : 65(R1991) | PERFORATED TAPE CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE |
| ANSI INCITS 25 : 1976 | CHARACTER STRUCTURE AND CHARACTER PARITY SENSE FOR PARALLEL-BY-BIT DATA COMMUNICATION IN THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE, |
| ISO 4341:1978 | Information processing — Magnetic tape cassette and cartridge labelling and file structure for information interchange |
| ANSI INCITS 41 : 1990 | CODE EXTENSION TECHNIQUES FOR USE WITH THE 7 BIT CODED CHARACTER SET OF AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE (ASCII), X3.4-1968, |
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