On the keyboard of a computer, each character has an ASCII value, which stands for
AAmerican Stock Code for Information Interchange
BAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange ✓ Correct
CAfrican Standard Code for Information Interchange
DAdaptable Standard Code for Information Interchange
Correct answer: (B) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Explanation
ASCII expands to American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
American Stock Code is not the real expansion of the term.
African Standard Code misnames the first word of it.
Adaptable Standard Code also misstates the first word.
The key words are American, Standard, Code and Interchange.
Add-on: it was first published in 1963 to standardise text coding.
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