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The 95 graphic ASCII characters, numbered 32 to 126 (decimal)

ASCII (pronounced "az-kee", "ass-key" if American), is a table of characters for computers. It is binary code used by electronic equipment to handle text using the English alphabet, numbers, and other common symbols. ASCII is an abbreviation for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.ASCII was developed in the 1960s and was based on earlier codes used by telegraph systems.