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

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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Lexicographical Neighbors of American Standard Code For Information Interchange

American Party
American Red Cross
American Revised Version
American Revolution
American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary leader
American Saddlebred
American Saddlebreds
American Samoa
American Samoan
American Shorthair
American Shorthairs
American Sign Language
American Spanish
American Staffordshire terrier
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (current term)
American Standard Version
American Stock Exchange
American Thanksgiving
American Type Culture Collection
American Virgin Islands
American War of Independence
American Wirehair
American Wirehairs
American agave
American alligator
American aloe
American angelica tree
American antelope
American arborvitae

Literary usage of American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for OpenVMS Alpha by Sas Institute, Institute SAS Institute (2004)
"American Standard Code for Information Interchange See ASCII. application workspace (AWS) (1) a window that contains other windows (child windows) or from ..."

2. Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS(R) Software by SAS Institute (2001)
"ASCII an acronym for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. ASCII is a 7-bit character coding scheme (8 bits when a parity check bit is ..."

3. Internet Costs & Cost Models for Public Libraries: Final Report by Charles R. McClure (1996)
"ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) — this is the defacto world-wide standard for the code numbers used by computers to represent all ..."

4. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"The software will encrypt American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), binary, or other files on an IBM personal computers or compatible ..."

5. A Kaleidoscope of Digital American Literature by Martha L. Brogan, Daphnée Rentfrow (2005)
"... Studies Association http: //www. georgetown.edu / crossroads / asainfo.html ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange "Dirty" or "rough" ..."

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