what does American Standard Code for Information Interchange mean?

AMERICAN STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE as NOUN

Meaning
- (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(s)
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Hypernyms(s) American Standard Code for Information Interchange is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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