ASCII art

ASCII art, an artistic medium relying primarily on computers for presentation, consists of pictures pieced together from characters (preferably from the 95 printable characters defined by ASCII). They can be created with any text editor, and are often used with free-form languages. Most examples of ASCII art require a fixed-width font (non-proportional font, like on a traditional typewriter) such as Courier for presentation.

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ASCII art is used wherever text can be more readily printed or transmitted than graphics, or in some cases, where the transmission of pictures is not possible. This includes typewriters, teletypes, non-graphic computer terminals, in early computer networking (e.g., BBSes), e-mail, and Usenet news messages. ASCII art is also used within the source code of computer programs for representation of company or product logos, and flow control or other diagrams. In some cases, the entire source code of a program is a piece of ASCII art - for instance, an entry to one of the earlier Obfuscated C contests is a program that adds numbers, but visually looks like a binary adder drawn in logic ports. Taking the medium to extremes, there exists a video driver for the popular computer game Quake that displays the game in ASCII art. ASCII art is also very commonly used amongst software piracy groups to display group logos inside text (*.nfo) files containing the instructions for installing and cracking the software.

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Character: In general, a character is a distinctive significant mark or feature. The word originates from the Greek word via the Latin word character, an instrument for marking or graving. The word is used in several specific senses:...

ASCII: ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), generally pronounced , (ASK-ee) is a character set and a character encoding based on the Roman alphabet as used in modern English (see English alphabet). ASCII codes represent text in computers, in other communications equipment, and in con...

ASCII art related Images and Photos (experimental)

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Tile Art 1	Art Deco Retro	Zebra Art	Pop Art is: Popeye
Art of War, The (DVD)	Sketch-Art LED Art Pad	Pop Art is: Personengruppe	Pop Art Owl