An historical anchor: ASCII

The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) was defined in 1963 by the American Standards Association. In its original form, it defined 128 characters, including the English alphabet. Later versions have 256 entries to make room for other Latin-derived alphabets as well. The table will be a common reference in the next three decades as well. Cut it out and keep it handy.

	0	NUL	1	SOH	2	STX	3	ETX	4	EOT	5	ENQ	6	ACK	7	BEL
	8	BS	9	HT	10	NL	11	VT	12	NP	13	CR	14	SO	15	S
	16	DLE	17	DC1	18	DC2	19	DC3	20	DC4	21	NAK	22	SYN	23	ETB
	24	CAN	25	EM	26	SUB	27	ESC	28	FS	29	GS	30	RS	31	US
	32	SP	33	!	34	"	35	#	36	$	37	%	38	&	39	'
	40	(	41	)	42	*	43	+	44	,	45	-	46	.	47	/
	48	0	49	1	50	2	51	3	52	4	53	5	54	6	55	7
	56	8	57	9	58	:	59	;	60		61	=	62	>	63	?
	64		65	A	66	B	67	C	68	D	69	E	70	F	71	G
	72	H	73	I	74	J	75	K	76	L	77	M	78	N	79	O
	80	P	81	Q	82	R	83	S	84	T	85	U	86	V	87	W
	88	X	89	Y	90	Z	91	[	92	\	93	]	94	^	95	_
	96	'	97	a	98	b	99	c	100	d	101	e	102	f	103	g
	104	h	105	i	106	j	107	k	108	l	109	m	110	n	111	o
	112	p	113	q	114	r	115	s	116	t	117	u	118	v	119	w
	120	x	121	y	122	z	123	{	124	|	125	}	126	~	127	DEL