— alphanumerically, alphamerically , adv.
/al'feuh nooh mer"ik, -nyooh-/ , adj. Computers.
(of a set of characters) including letters, numbers, and, often, special characters, as punctuation marks: alphanumeric code. Also, alphameric /al'feuh mer"ik/ , alphanumerical, alphamerical .
[ 1950-55; ALPHA(BET) + NUMERIC(AL) ]