help from people familiar with internet terms?

[sooooooohungry]

what are these things called?

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the actual term,i know that they are cats and bunnies.i just want to know what a figure is called if its made up of little characters and numbers like that.

 

[keebler]

its called happy rabbit dance. can i haz a cheezeburger?

 

[JohnS]

ascii art

 

[AndrewG]

This is a form of art using American Standard Code For Information Interchange, (ASCII). Therefore, it is called ASCII Art.