ANSI
American standards body
ANSI is the American National Standards Institute, a private nonprofit that coordinates voluntary standards for products, services, and systems in the United States.
In computing, ANSI often refers specifically to character encoding standards or ANSI escape codes for terminal formatting: The program uses ANSI colors for output.
Implementing uniform technical specifications
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- conformityAdherence to norms
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
guidelines · compliance · regulations · consensus · oversight · best practices · voting members · coordination
At the endpoint
- cursorOn-screen position indicator
- color codesStandardized hue-based identifiers
- CSICrime scene investigators
- text formattingVisual presentation of words
console · command-line · shell
Electronic character encoding standard
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- charsetCharacter repertoire specification
- encodingConverting data to format
- OEMOriginal parts producer
text · glyphs · character set
Signal change frequency unit
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
- handshakingMutual greeting grip
- parityState of being equal
- serial portSequential bit transmission interface
asynchronous · synchronous · full-duplex · half-duplex · flow control · transmission · signaling
Ease of carrying
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- standardizedMade uniform across cases
- cross-platformWorks on multiple systems
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
standardization
Implementing uniform technical specifications
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- conformityAdherence to norms
specifications · guidelines · compliance · regulations · consensus · oversight · best practices · voting members · coordination
terminal
At the endpoint
- cursorOn-screen position indicator
- color codesStandardized hue-based identifiers
- CSICrime scene investigators
ASCII
Electronic character encoding standard
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- charsetCharacter repertoire specification
- encodingConverting data to format
OEM · text · glyphs · character set
baud
Signal change frequency unit
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
- handshakingMutual greeting grip
- parityState of being equal
serial port · asynchronous · synchronous · full-duplex · half-duplex · flow control · transmission · signaling
portability
Ease of carrying
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- standardizedMade uniform across cases
- cross-platformWorks on multiple systems
- standardsstandard, norm, norms, criterion, criteria
- BBSBBS, sysop, modem, dial-up, message board
- character encodingASCII, charset, character set, encoding, encode
- mechanical keyboardskeycap, keycaps, switches, tactile, linear
- Standards BodiesISO, IEEE, TIA, ICANN, IMO
- Tech StandardsISO, IEEE, RFC, USB, HTML
ANSIISO
Global standards body
international standards · global standards · IEEE · regional standards
ANSIproprietary
Legally owned, restricted use
non-standard · de facto standard · custom · unstandardized · ad hoc