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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

alphanumeric or alphameric , the set of letters and numbers. When used in reference to computer input and output, the set usually is expanded to include the upper- and lower-case alphabetic characters (A-Z, a-z), the numeric characters (0-9), and special characters (such as the symbols $, #, and @, mathematical symbols, and punctuation marks). While typically the phrase "alphabetic characters" means only English letters, an alphanumeric character set may also include letters from other languages that also use the Roman alphabet, such as an e with an acute accent ( é ) or a c with a cedilla ( ç ).

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alphanumeric character Any letter of the English alphabet, upper or lower case, or any of the decimal digits, 0 to 9.
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al·pha·nu·mer·ic / ˌalfən(y)oōˈmerik/ • adj. consisting of or using both letters and numerals: alphanumeric data an alphanumeric keyboard. • n. a character that is either a letter or a number. DERIVATIVES: al·pha·nu·mer·i·cal adj.

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