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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. Here is a serious example: o----)||(--+--| ----+
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+---------o + D O L )||( | | | C U A I )||( +-- |-+ | +-\/\/-+--o - T C N
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)||( | | | | P E )||( +-- |-+--)---+--|(--+-o U )||( | | | GND T
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o----)||(--+--| ----+----------+ A power supply consisting of a full wave
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rectifier circuit feeding a capacitor input filter circuit And here are some
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very silly examples: |\/\/\/| ____/| ___ |\_/| ___ | | \ o.O| ACK! / \_ |`
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'| _/ \ | | =(_)= THPHTH! / \/ \/ \ | (o)(o) U / \ C _) (__) \/\/\/\ _____
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/\/\/\/ | ,___| (oo) \/ \/ | / \/-------\ U (__) /____\ || | \ /---V `v'- oo
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) / \ ||---W|| * * |--| || |`. |_/\ //-o-\\ ____---=======---____ ====___\
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/... .\ /___==== Klingons rule OK! // ---\__O__/--- \\ \_\ /_/ There is an
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important subgenre of ASCII art that puns on the standard character names in
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the fashion of a rebus.
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+--------------------------------------------------------+ | ^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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| ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^ B
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^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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+--------------------------------------------------------+ A Bee in the
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Carrot Patch Within humorous ASCII art, there is for some reason an entire
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flourishing subgenre of pictures of silly cows. Four of these are reproduced
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in the examples above, here are three more: (__) (__) (__) (\/) ($$) (**)
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/-------\/ /-------\/ /-------\/ / | 666 || / |=====|| / | || * ||----|| *
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||----|| * ||----|| ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Satanic cow This cow is a Yuppie Cow
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in love Finally, here's a magnificent example of ASCII art depicting an
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Edwardian train station in Dunedin, New Zealand:. -. /___\ |___| |]_[| /
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I \ JL/ | \JL . -. i () | () i . -. |_|. ^. /_\ LJ=======LJ /_\ . ^. |_|.
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_/___\._./___\_._._._._.L_J_/.-.. -.\_L_J._._._._._/___\._./___\._._._ . ,
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|-,-|. , L_J |_| [I] |_| L_J. , |-,-|. ,. , JL |-O-| JL
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L_J%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%L_J JL |-O-| JL JL
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IIIIII_HH_'-'-'_HH_IIIIII|_|=======H=======|_|IIIIII_HH_'-'-'_HH_IIIIII_HH_
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-------[]-------[]-------[_]----\.=I=./----[_]-------[]-------[]--------[]-
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_/\_ ||\\_I_//|| _/\_ [_] []_/_L_J_\_[] [_] _/\_ ||\\_I_//|| _/\_ ||\ |__|
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||=/_|_\=|| |__|_|_| _L_L_J_J_ |_|_|__| ||=/_|_\=|| |__| ||- |__|
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IIIIIII[_]IIIII[_]IIIIIL___J__II__|_|__II__L___JIIIII[_]IIIII[_]IIIIIIII[_]
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\_I_/ [_]\_I_/[_] \_I_[_]\II/[]\_\I/_/[]\II/[_]\_I_/ [_]\_I_/[_] \_I_/ [_].
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/ \.L_J/ \L_J./ L_JI I[]/ \[]I IL_J \.L_J/ \L_J./ \.L_J | |L_J| |L_J| L_J|
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|[]| |[]| |L_J |L_J| |L_J| |L_J |_____JL_JL___JL_JL____|-|| |[]| |[]|
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||-|_____JL_JL___JL_JL_____JL_J 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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