The tiny sacs containing reproductive spores, found in certain fungi (ascomycetes). Hygroscopic pressure builds up in the asci (singular ascus) until they burst, scattering the spores. Not to be confused with ASCII.
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Get the Asci mug.Art done in plain text. This is fairly difficult. Portraits of people done in ASCII art usually only work if the person has some major distinguishing characteristics.
From American Standard Code for Information Interchange, the set of bits created in the 1980s to represent characters.
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Get the ASCII art mug.American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Consists of a series of 256 characters to represent each of the series of each byte (8 bits) of the actively displayed text screen mode.
Can be alternatively achieved using the key sequence of holding alt then typing the appropriate combination of numbers using the numeric keypad, then releasing alt. Normally does not match most fonts, mainly because Microsoft is a bunch of bastards who do something that is 'technically correct' ignoring the fact if it's completely useless or not.
Can be alternatively achieved using the key sequence of holding alt then typing the appropriate combination of numbers using the numeric keypad, then releasing alt. Normally does not match most fonts, mainly because Microsoft is a bunch of bastards who do something that is 'technically correct' ignoring the fact if it's completely useless or not.
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Example sentence: "They are mysterious to me, these ascians," said Balrone, "for twice each year, at the very instant of noon on the equinoxes, their shadows vanish, and they appear to me to be enchanted."
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