TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: names for the "English" alphabet From:"Wittel, Teresa J." <WITTTJ -at- NCSLINK -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:16:00 -0700
ASCII contains the Latin (or Roman) alphabet, Arabic numerals and other
stuff, such as *, $, @, punctuation marks, etc. There is no such thing
as an English alphabet.
We usually just tell the user to type the name (character entries) in
alphanumeric characters and the phone number (numeric entries) in
numeric digits. Why complicate the issue if it isn't necessary. If it
is necessary, define the acceptable entries in the Preface (or
Introduction).
