Character set for computers

The answer

ASCII

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASCII answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ASCII

Every other clue in this collection answered by ASCII, most used first.

• Computer acronym - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• PC character set - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Computer data acronym - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• 128-character set - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Computer code - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Computer text code - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Computer character code - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Computer character set - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Computer text format - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• PC character format - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• PC character system - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Computer code acronym - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Computer file acronym - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Some PC code - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
• Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
• For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
• Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
• Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
• For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times

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