American Standard Code for Information Interchange

(redirected from ANSI character set)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia.
Related to ANSI character set: ASCII character set, ASCII code

ASCII

(ˈæs ki)

n.
a standardized code in which characters are represented for computer storage and transmission by the numbers 0 through 127.
[1960–65; A(merican) S(tandard) C(ode for) I(nformation) I(nterchange)]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.American Standard Code for Information Interchange - (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companiesAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange - (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
ASCII
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
computer code, code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
ASCII character - any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
The book is an A-Z of objects, functions, statements, methods, properties and events for the Visual Basic language with five appendices including the ANSI character set, data types and operators.
-REVIEW:MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC 6.0 REFERENCE LIBRARY

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?