5.2. Encoding ASCII
7-bit encoding
From 0b0000000 to 0b1111111 (0 to 127)
5.2.1. Control Characters
DEC |
OCT |
HEX |
BIN |
Symbol |
HTML Number |
HTML Name |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 |
0 |
00 |
0 |
NUL |
� |
Null character |
|
1 |
1 |
01 |
1 |
SOH |
 |
Start of Heading |
|
2 |
2 |
02 |
10 |
STX |
 |
Start of Text |
|
3 |
3 |
03 |
11 |
ETX |
 |
End of Text |
|
4 |
4 |
04 |
100 |
EOT |
 |
End of Transmission |
|
5 |
5 |
05 |
101 |
ENQ |
 |
Enquiry |
|
6 |
6 |
06 |
110 |
ACK |
 |
Acknowledge |
|
7 |
7 |
07 |
111 |
BEL |
 |
Bell, Alert |
|
8 |
10 |
08 |
1000 |
BS |
 |
Backspace |
|
9 |
11 |
09 |
1001 |
HT |
	 |
Horizontal Tab |
|
10 |
12 |
0A |
1010 |
LF |
|
Line Feed |
|
11 |
13 |
0B |
1011 |
VT |
 |
Vertical Tabulation |
|
12 |
14 |
0C |
1100 |
FF |
 |
Form Feed |
|
13 |
15 |
0D |
1101 |
CR |
|
Carriage Return |
|
14 |
16 |
0E |
1110 |
SO |
 |
Shift Out |
|
15 |
17 |
0F |
1111 |
SI |
 |
Shift In |
|
16 |
20 |
10 |
10000 |
DLE |
 |
Data Link Escape |
|
17 |
21 |
11 |
10001 |
DC1 |
 |
Device Control One (XON) |
|
18 |
22 |
12 |
10010 |
DC2 |
 |
Device Control Two |
|
19 |
23 |
13 |
10011 |
DC3 |
 |
Device Control Three (XOFF) |
|
20 |
24 |
14 |
10100 |
DC4 |
 |
Device Control Four |
|
21 |
25 |
15 |
10101 |
NAK |
 |
Negative Acknowledge |
|
22 |
26 |
16 |
10110 |
SYN |
 |
Synchronous Idle |
|
23 |
27 |
17 |
10111 |
ETB |
 |
End of Transmission Block |
|
24 |
30 |
18 |
11000 |
CAN |
 |
Cancel |
|
25 |
31 |
19 |
11001 |
EM |
 |
End of medium |
|
26 |
32 |
1A |
11010 |
SUB |
 |
Substitute |
|
27 |
33 |
1B |
11011 |
ESC |
 |
Escape |
|
28 |
34 |
1C |
11100 |
FS |
 |
File Separator |
|
29 |
35 |
1D |
11101 |
GS |
 |
Group Separator |
|
30 |
36 |
1E |
11110 |
RS |
 |
Record Separator |
|
31 |
37 |
1F |
11111 |
US |
 |
Unit Separator |
5.2.2. Printable Characters
DEC |
OCT |
HEX |
BIN |
Symbol |
HTML Number |
HTML Name |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
32 |
40 |
20 |
100000 |
SP |
  |
Space |
|
33 |
41 |
21 |
100001 |
! |
! |
! |
Exclamation mark |
34 |
42 |
22 |
100010 |
" |
" |
" |
Double quotes (or speech marks) |
35 |
43 |
23 |
100011 |
# |
# |
# |
Number sign |
36 |
44 |
24 |
100100 |
$ |
$ |
$ |
Dollar |
37 |
45 |
25 |
100101 |
% |
% |
% |
Per cent sign |
38 |
46 |
26 |
100110 |
& |
& |
& |
Ampersand |
39 |
47 |
27 |
100111 |
' |
' |
' |
Single quote |
40 |
50 |
28 |
101000 |
( |
( |
&lparen; |
Open parenthesis (or open bracket) |
41 |
51 |
29 |
101001 |
) |
) |
&rparen; |
Close parenthesis (or close bracket) |
42 |
52 |
2A |
101010 |
* |
* |
Asterisk |
|
43 |
53 |
2B |
101011 |
+ |
+ |
Plus |
|
44 |
54 |
2C |
101100 |
, |
, |
, |
Comma |
45 |
55 |
2D |
101101 |
- |
Hyphen-minus |
||
46 |
56 |
2E |
101110 |
. |
. |
. |
Period, dot or full stop |
47 |
57 |
2F |
101111 |
/ |
/ |
/ |
Slash or divide |
48 |
60 |
30 |
110000 |
0 |
0 |
Zero |
|
49 |
61 |
31 |
110001 |
1 |
1 |
One |
|
50 |
62 |
32 |
110010 |
2 |
2 |
Two |
|
51 |
63 |
33 |
110011 |
3 |
3 |
Three |
|
52 |
64 |
34 |
110100 |
4 |
4 |
Four |
|
53 |
65 |
35 |
110101 |
5 |
5 |
Five |
|
54 |
66 |
36 |
110110 |
6 |
6 |
Six |
|
55 |
67 |
37 |
110111 |
7 |
7 |
Seven |
|
56 |
70 |
38 |
111000 |
8 |
8 |
Eight |
|
57 |
71 |
39 |
111001 |
9 |
9 |
Nine |
|
58 |
72 |
3A |
111010 |
: |
: |
: |
Colon |
59 |
73 |
3B |
111011 |
; |
; |
; |
Semicolon |
60 |
74 |
3C |
111100 |
< |
< |
< |
Less than (or open angled bracket) |
61 |
75 |
3D |
111101 |
= |
= |
= |
Equals |
62 |
76 |
3E |
111110 |
> |
> |
> |
Greater than (or close angled bracket) |
63 |
77 |
3F |
111111 |
? |
? |
? |
Question mark |
64 |
100 |
40 |
1000000 |
@ |
@ |
@ |
At sign |
65 |
101 |
41 |
1000001 |
A |
A |
Uppercase A |
|
66 |
102 |
42 |
1000010 |
B |
B |
Uppercase B |
|
67 |
103 |
43 |
1000011 |
C |
C |
Uppercase C |
|
68 |
104 |
44 |
1000100 |
D |
D |
Uppercase D |
|
69 |
105 |
45 |
1000101 |
E |
E |
Uppercase E |
|
70 |
106 |
46 |
1000110 |
F |
F |
Uppercase F |
|
71 |
107 |
47 |
1000111 |
G |
G |
Uppercase G |
|
72 |
110 |
48 |
1001000 |
H |
H |
Uppercase H |
|
73 |
111 |
49 |
1001001 |
I |
I |
Uppercase I |
|
74 |
112 |
4A |
1001010 |
J |
J |
Uppercase J |
|
75 |
113 |
4B |
1001011 |
K |
K |
Uppercase K |
|
76 |
114 |
4C |
1001100 |
L |
L |
Uppercase L |
|
77 |
115 |
4D |
1001101 |
M |
M |
Uppercase M |
|
78 |
116 |
4E |
1001110 |
N |
N |
Uppercase N |
|
79 |
117 |
4F |
1001111 |
O |
O |
Uppercase O |
|
80 |
120 |
50 |
1010000 |
P |
P |
Uppercase P |
|
81 |
121 |
51 |
1010001 |
Q |
Q |
Uppercase Q |
|
82 |
122 |
52 |
1010010 |
R |
R |
Uppercase R |
|
83 |
123 |
53 |
1010011 |
S |
S |
Uppercase S |
|
84 |
124 |
54 |
1010100 |
T |
T |
Uppercase T |
|
85 |
125 |
55 |
1010101 |
U |
U |
Uppercase U |
|
86 |
126 |
56 |
1010110 |
V |
V |
Uppercase V |
|
87 |
127 |
57 |
1010111 |
W |
W |
Uppercase W |
|
88 |
130 |
58 |
1011000 |
X |
X |
Uppercase X |
|
89 |
131 |
59 |
1011001 |
Y |
Y |
Uppercase Y |
|
90 |
132 |
5A |
1011010 |
Z |
Z |
Uppercase Z |
|
91 |
133 |
5B |
1011011 |
[ |
[ |
[ |
Opening bracket |
92 |
134 |
5C |
1011100 |
\ |
\ |
Backslash |
|
93 |
135 |
5D |
1011101 |
] |
] |
] |
Closing bracket |
94 |
136 |
5E |
1011110 |
^ |
^ |
^ |
Caret - circumflex |
95 |
137 |
5F |
1011111 |
_ |
_ |
_ |
Underscore |
96 |
140 |
60 |
1100000 |
` |
` |
Grave accent |
|
97 |
141 |
61 |
1100001 |
a |
a |
Lowercase a |
|
98 |
142 |
62 |
1100010 |
b |
b |
Lowercase b |
|
99 |
143 |
63 |
1100011 |
c |
c |
Lowercase c |
|
100 |
144 |
64 |
1100100 |
d |
d |
Lowercase d |
|
101 |
145 |
65 |
1100101 |
e |
e |
Lowercase e |
|
102 |
146 |
66 |
1100110 |
f |
f |
Lowercase f |
|
103 |
147 |
67 |
1100111 |
g |
g |
Lowercase g |
|
104 |
150 |
68 |
1101000 |
h |
h |
Lowercase h |
|
105 |
151 |
69 |
1101001 |
i |
i |
Lowercase i |
|
106 |
152 |
6A |
1101010 |
j |
j |
Lowercase j |
|
107 |
153 |
6B |
1101011 |
k |
k |
Lowercase k |
|
108 |
154 |
6C |
1101100 |
l |
l |
Lowercase l |
|
109 |
155 |
6D |
1101101 |
m |
m |
Lowercase m |
|
110 |
156 |
6E |
1101110 |
n |
n |
Lowercase n |
|
111 |
157 |
6F |
1101111 |
o |
o |
Lowercase o |
|
112 |
160 |
70 |
1110000 |
p |
p |
Lowercase p |
|
113 |
161 |
71 |
1110001 |
q |
q |
Lowercase q |
|
114 |
162 |
72 |
1110010 |
r |
r |
Lowercase r |
|
115 |
163 |
73 |
1110011 |
s |
s |
Lowercase s |
|
116 |
164 |
74 |
1110100 |
t |
t |
Lowercase t |
|
117 |
165 |
75 |
1110101 |
u |
u |
Lowercase u |
|
118 |
166 |
76 |
1110110 |
v |
v |
Lowercase v |
|
119 |
167 |
77 |
1110111 |
w |
w |
Lowercase w |
|
120 |
170 |
78 |
1111000 |
x |
x |
Lowercase x |
|
121 |
171 |
79 |
1111001 |
y |
y |
Lowercase y |
|
122 |
172 |
7A |
1111010 |
z |
z |
Lowercase z |
|
123 |
173 |
7B |
1111011 |
{ |
{ |
{ |
Opening brace |
124 |
174 |
7C |
1111100 |
| |
| |
Vertical bar |
|
125 |
175 |
7D |
1111101 |
} |
} |
} |
Closing brace |
126 |
176 |
7E |
1111110 |
~ |
~ |
˜ |
Equivalency sign - tilde |
127 |
177 |
7F |
1111111 |
DEL |
 |
Delete |