Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. The standard code used for information interchange among data processing systems, data communications systems, and associated equipment in the United States.
Note 1: The ASCII character set contains 128 coded characters.
Note 2: Each ASCII character is a 7-bit coded unique character; 8 bits when a parity check bit is included.
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Authorized Service Domain

1. Application Services Interface;
2. Asynchronous Serial Interface

Any-Source Multicast

Abstract Syntax Notation

Access Service Ordering Guidelines

Automatically Switched Optical Network

1. adjunct service point;
2. application service provider.

1. In facsimile or television, the ratio of the width to the height of a scanning field or image.
Note: For example, the classical NTSC television standard specifies an aspect ratio of 4:3, and the new high-definition television standard specifies 16:
9.
2. The ratio of the width to the height of any video or scanned image display.

Automated Storage and Retrieval System