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extended ASCII Last modified: Friday, June 21, 2002

A set of codes that extends the basic ASCII set. The basic ASCII set uses 7 bits for each character, giving it a total of 128 unique symbols. The extended ASCII character set uses 8 bits, which gives it an additional 128 characters. The extra characters represent characters from foreign languages and special symbols for drawing pictures.

Extended ASCII character set Contains a description and chart of the extended ASCII character set.