Which one of the following is the full form of ASCII code which is gen

Which one of the following is the full form of ASCII code which is generally used in the computer system ?

American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Standard Code for Internet Interchange
Australian Standard Code for Information Interchange
Australian Standard Code for Internet Interchange
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UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2018
The correct option is A) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
– ASCII is a character encoding standard widely used in computers and other communication equipment.
– The acronym ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
– ASCII is a 7-bit code that represents 128 characters, including uppercase and lowercase English letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and control characters.
– It was developed in the early 1960s and is the basis for many other character encodings.