For other uses, see Avatar (disambiguation).

The AVATAR protocol (Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and Recreator) is a system of escape sequences occasionally used on Bulletin Board Systems (BBSes). It has largely the same functionality as the more popular ANSI escape codes, but has the advantage that the escape sequences are much shorter. AVATAR can thus render colored text and artwork much faster over slow connections.

The protocol is defined by FidoNet technical standard proposal FSC-0025.

See also

• ANSI escape code
• ANSI art

References

• FSC-0025 - AVATAR proposal at FidoNet Technical Standards Committee.

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