What is ASCII-animation?

    An animated image produced by a sequence of changing ASCII pictures.
    The speed will depend on the system you are using.
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     o   \ o /  _ o         __|    \ /     |__        o _  \ o /   o
    /|\    |     /\   __\o    \o    |    o/    o/__   /\     |    /|\
    / \   / \   | \  /)  |    ( \  /o\  / )    |  (\  / |   / \   / \
    -----------------------S---A----N---G----------------------------
    Ascii-Animation transports vary a lot. The earliest known portable
    types used the Control-Codes of the (often .VT or .ANS) terminal
    screens for either 'paging' or 'direct cursor addressing'.
    Sometimes found as c-code in .sigs, which, when compiled and run
    produce moving patterns or images.
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                      o         _        _            _
           _o        /\_      _ \\o     (_)\__/o     (_)
         _< \_      _>(_)    (_)/<_       \_| \      _|/' \/
        (_)>(_)    (_)           (_)      (_)       (_)'  _\o_
    ------------S----------A-----------N----------G------------------
    Most Web Ascii-Animation uses Java or Javascript.

    *  To find out how to animate ASCII art using Java, click here.