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Which is the correct ASCII collating sequence?

  1. spaces, special characters, 0-9, A-Z, a-z

  2. spaces, a-z, A-Z, 0-9, special character

  3. a-z, A-Z, 0-9, spaces, special characters

  4. 0-9, special characters, spaces, a-z, A-Z
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Explanation

Standard ASCII collating sequence orders characters by their ASCII values: space (32) comes first, then special characters (33-47), then digits 0-9 (48-57), then uppercase A-Z (65-90), then lowercase a-z (97-122). This ordering is fundamental to character comparison in computing.

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