Re: Dumb Question

Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> 
> llizard wrote:
> >
> > In article <339...@sm.luth.se.nospam>, Veronica Karlsson
> > <e93...@sm.luth.se.nospam> wrote:
> > >
> > > Jennifer wrote:
> > > [ 8< ]
> > > >
> > > > One - how do you pronounce ascii?
> > > >
> > > [ 8< ]
> > >
> > > something like this:
> > >
> > > http://jota.sm.luth.se/~e93-vkn/pics/ascii/ascii.gif
> > >
> > > (if I'm wrong about the first vowel please correct me)
> > >
> >
> > The first vowel looks okay to me. It's the last that seems wrong. I
> > think it's pronounced as a long "e" as in:
> >
> >    EEeeee
> >
> 
> No, I thnik that's actually a short vowel (at least that's the way all
> my programming teachers, including the American ones, have said it).
> 
> (about the first vowel, I changed that after making that post. I had
> an "upside down v" there first... and yes, I did pass that stupid
> phonetics exam. Wow! I never expected to actually get some use for
> that stuff, at least not this soon...)
>

Actually, according to the American Heritage Dictionary:

ASCII (�ss�key) n. Computer Science. 1. A standard for defining codes
for information exchange between equipment produced by different
manufacturers. 2. A code that follows this standard. [A(merican)
S(tandard) C(ode for) I(nformation) I(nterchange).]
 
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