Weekly Classic Computer Trivia Question (20150105)

[Jon Elson]

On 01/04/2015 10:04 AM, Doug Ingraham wrote:
> Time for another trivia question.  We will start off the year with an easy
> one.  This one is related to computers but not exclusive to computers.
>
> What is the significance of the phrase:
>
> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
>
>
it has all letters of the alphabet.  It was used as part of 
an idle string on Teletypes to
free up the mechanism.  Usually also had 01234567890 and 
RYRYRYRY, which
is 10101 01010 in Baudot.

Jon