bɪkˈʌz ʌv tˈɛknɪkəl lˌɪmɪtˈeɪʃənz ʌv kəmpjˈuːɾɚ sˈɪstəmz æt ðə tˈaɪm ɪt wʌz ɪnvˈɛntᵻd, ˈæski hɐz dʒˈʌst wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti ˈeɪt kˈoʊd pˈɔɪnts, ʌvwˈɪtʃ ˈoʊnli nˈaɪnti fˈaɪv ɑːɹ , wˌɪtʃ sᵻvˈɪɹli lˈɪmɪɾᵻd ɪts skˈoʊp.
Because of technical limitations of computer systems at the time it was invented, ASCII has just 128 code points, of which only 95 are , which severely limited its scope.