different between alphanumeric vs alphabetic

English

Alternative forms

• alphameric
• alphamerical
• alphanumerical

Etymology

alpha(betic) + numeric

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æl.f?.n(j)u??m?.??k/
• Rhymes: -???k
• Hyphenation: al?pha?nu?mer?ic

Adjective

alphanumeric (not comparable)

1. Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
2. Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
   • 2005, Bali, 2000 Solved Problems in Digital Electronics, Tata McGraw-Hill Education (?ISBN), page 36

     Therefore, we need a special code to represent all alphanumeric data (letters, symbols, and numbers).

Derived terms

• alphanumerical
• alphanumerically

Translations

Noun

alphanumeric (plural alphanumerics)

1. An alphanumeric character.
   • 2014, Pierre M. Nugues, Language Processing with Perl and Prolog: Theories, Implementation, and Application, Springer (?ISBN), page 268

     Finally, alphanumerics are digits, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, or accented letters […]

Synonyms

• alnum

English

Etymology

alphabet +? -ic

Alternative forms

• alphabetick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Adjective

alphabetic

1. Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.

Derived terms

• alphabetical
• alphabetically

Related terms

• alphameric
• alphamerical
• alphamerically
• alphanumber
• alphanumeric
• alphanumerical
• alphanumerically
• alphasyllabary
• alphasyllabic
• alphasyllabical
• alphasyllabically

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