The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (acronym: ASCII pronounced /ˈ æ ski/ ASS-kee)[2] is a character-encoding scheme based on the ordering of the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text. Most modern character-encoding schemes are based on ASCII, though they support many more characters than did ASCII.-The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (acronym: ASCII　pronounced /ˈ æ ski/ ASS-kee)[2] is a character-encoding scheme based on the ordering of the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications　equipment, and other devices that use text. Most modern character-encoding schemes are based on ASCII, though they support many more characters than did ASCII.