Word: ascii
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Dates: during 1994-1994
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...computer labs of the old days, they'd print [ASCII art] out and put them up on the wall," Tarr says...
...frequent use of ASCII art is the smiley faces that often appear in e-mail messages. Some popular faces are,: "smile,": ("frown", and;) "wink...
Today, the most frequent use of ASCII art is in "signature files" that students often put at the end of e-mail messages they send. ASCII also appears in "plans" that appear when students on the Internet use the "finger" command to find other users, according to Tarr...
Lots of time and a little artistic sense is all that is needed for these computer artists. "People who can draw on paper usually tend to do ASCII art better," Alicea says...
Unfortunately, the art form may have peaked in popularity. Many ASCII artists have moved on to designing World Wide Web pages, Tarr says...