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ASCII art
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n. The fine art of drawing diagrams using the ASCII character set (mainly |
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, - , / , \ , and + ). Also known as character graphics or ASCII graphics;
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see also boxology. The next step beyond static tableaux in
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ASCII art is ASCII animation. There are not many large examples of this;
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perhaps the best known is the ASCII animation of the original Star Wars
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movie at http://www.asciimation.co.nz/. There is a newsgroup, alt.ascii-art
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, devoted to this genre; however, see also warlording.
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