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Definition of American Standard Code for Information Interchange
1. Noun. (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers.
Exact synonyms: Ascii
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Code, Computer Code
Terms within: Ascii Character
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Code, Computer Code
Terms within: Ascii Character
Definition of American Standard Code for Information Interchange
1. Proper noun. (computing) A 7-bit character set and character encoding, abbreviated ASCII. Based on the Roman alphabet as used in modern English, the code is employed almost universally on computing machinery. ¹
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