American Standard Code for Information Interchange

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Synonyms for American Standard Code for Information Interchange

(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies

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Controlinc uses an ASCII protocol, but EIM engineers designed their digital control system to communicate with other protocols via the Controlinc MODBUS Gateway, which converts MODBUS into ASCII.
The ALA character set is implemented using a special model of the IBM 3164 ASCII display terminal, and programming support within the IBM 7171 ASCII protocol converter.
The modules themselves can be configured as Modbus or ASCII protocol slaves.
It is also available in ASCII protocol, offering higher resolution and lower temperature drift.