Like other character encodings, ASCII specifies a correspondence between digital bit patterns and character symbols (i.e. graphemes and control characters).
lˈaɪk ˈʌðɚ kˈæɹɪktɚɹ ɛŋkˈoʊdɪŋz, ˈæski spˈɛsᵻfˌaɪz ɐ kˌɔːɹɪspˈɑːndəns bᵻtwˌiːn dˈɪdʒɪɾəl bˈɪt pˈætɚnz ænd kˈæɹɪktɚ sˈɪmbəlz ˈaɪ.ˈiː. ɡɹˈæfiːmz ænd kəntɹˈoʊl kˈæɹɪktɚz.