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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 characters

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

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

The correct ASCII collating sequence is: spaces (lowest value 32), special characters (33-47, 58-64, 91-96, 123-126), digits 0-9 (48-57), uppercase A-Z (65-90), and lowercase a-z (97-122). This ordering is based on ASCII numeric values where characters with lower numeric values come first in collation. Option B incorrectly places letters before digits. Option C starts with lowercase. Option D starts with digits which come after spaces in ASCII.

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