ALPHANUMERIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alphanumeric mean? 

• ALPHANUMERIC (adjective)
  The adjective ALPHANUMERIC has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters

  Familiarity information: ALPHANUMERIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALPHANUMERIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

alphameric; alphamerical; alphanumeric; alphanumerical

Pertainym:

alphanumerics (a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation)

 Context examples 

An alphanumeric system designed to identifiy languages.

(Language Code, NCI Thesaurus)

The identifier assigned to a particular design of a device, usually an alphanumeric text string.

(Model Number, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An indicator that specifies if the classification scheme is A= alphanumeric; C=character; N=numeric.

(Label Type Flag, NCI Thesaurus)

An alphanumeric identifier (not necessarily unique to the specimen) assigned by a receiving lab to specimens that are received together as a set.

(Biologic Specimen Accession Number, NCI Thesaurus)

An alphanumeric system designed to identifiy countries.

(Country Code, NCI Thesaurus)

A unique numeric or alphanumeric code that contains the device identifier and a production identifier such as the lot or batch number, the serial number and/or expiration date.

(FDA Unique Device Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)

An alphanumeric string used to identify a particular batch of package.

(Package Lot Number, NCI Thesaurus)

A UDI is a unique numeric or alphanumeric code that includes a device identifier, which is specific to a device model, and a production identifier, which includes the current production information for that specific device, such as the lot or batch number, the serial number and/or expiration date.

(FDA Unique Device Identifier, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)