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The 8-bit "ASCII Format for Network Interchange" (generally called "network ASCII" or "net-ASCII" or similar in older RFCs) is defined in the very first paragra
by LegionMammal978 3y ago
The 8-bit "ASCII Format for Network Interchange" (generally called "network ASCII" or "net-ASCII" or similar in older RFCs) is defined in the very first paragraph of RFC 20:
> For concreteness, we suggest the use of standard 7-bit ASCII embedded in an 8 bit byte whose high order bit is always 0.
Meanwhile, ANSI X3.4-1986 defines the "7-Bit American National Standard Code for Information Interchange (7-Bit ASCII)". Even the older standard calls it the "USA Standard Code for Information Interchange", i.e., "US-ASCII".
None of these standards define "ASCII". It's up to us to interpret "ASCII" as "7-bit ASCII" or "US-ASCII" or "network ASCII" or any other form of ASCII according to context; there is no monopoly on the unqualified term.