RFC - 20

ASCII format for Network Interchange

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc20.txt
Authors:	Vint Cerf [UCLA]
Date:	October 1969
Category:	Informational

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Referred by:	17 RFC
Refers to:	0 RFC

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Abstract

For concreteness, we suggest the use of standard 7-bit ASCII embedded in an 8 bit byte whose high order bit is always 0. This leads to the standard code given on the attached page, copies from USAS X3, 4- 1968. This code will be used over HOST-HOST primary connections. Break characters will be defined by the receiving remote host, e.g. SRI uses "." (ASCII X'2E' or 2/14) as the end-of-line character, where as UCLA uses X'OD' or 0/13 (carriage return).

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