American Standard Code for Information Interchange/əmˈɛrəkənstˈændərdkoʊdfɔrˌɪnfərmˈeɪʃənˌɪntərtʃˈeɪndʒ/Listen
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
noun
1.
(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. Synonym:ASCII.