ASCII art

ASCII art

English

ASCII art (sense 1) depicting a fish
Monā (モナー), a type of Shift_JIS art, loosely also ASCII art (sense 2)

Etymology

Compound of ASCII +‎ art.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

ASCII art (uncountable)

  2. (art, computing) A form of computer letter art that uses only ASCII characters.
    Coordinate terms: ANSI art, Shift_JIS art
  4. (art, computing, by extension) Any type of text-based visual art in general, even that which uses non-ASCII characters.

Descendants

  • → Chinese:
  • → French: art ASCII (calque)
  • → Japanese: アスキーアート (asukī āto), ASCIIアート (asukī āto), AA (AA)
  • → Korean: 아스키 아트 (aseuki ateu), ASCII 아트 (aseuki ateu)

Translations

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