What is ASCII art?

ASCII art is when you use letters and symbols to make pictures on the computer screen.

ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, which is a way computers understand text, like how you learn the alphabet in school. Each letter or symbol has a special number that tells the computer what it is.

Imagine you're drawing with blocks, like building with LEGO bricks. ASCII art uses letters and symbols as your bricks to build pictures.

For example:

 /\
 / \
 /____\

This looks like a little house made of slashes and underscores, just like how you might draw it on paper!

People use ASCII art because it's fun, and it works even on old computers. You don't need special tools, just letters and symbols from your keyboard.

It’s like making a picture out of words, and the best part? You can do it anywhere, on your phone, tablet, or even in a text message!