In computing and linguistics, a function or operation that returns the numeric character code (ASCII value) of a single character.
Short for 'ordinal,' from Latin 'ordinalis,' referring to the order or position of something. Used as technical jargon in programming languages.
Every letter on your keyboard has a secret number—'ord' is how computers ask 'what number is this letter?', and it's been a fundamental building block of computer science since the first programming languages.
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