characters

Cards (5)

  • label
    A) binary
    B) two
    C) bits
    D) 4
    E) defined list
    F) characters
    G) understood
    H) unique binary
    I) ordered logically
    J) standard
    K) communicate
    L) send
    M) receive
    N) differently
    O) bits
    P) ascii
    Q) unicode
  • ASCII uses seven bits, giving a character set of 2^7 (128) characters. The characters are represented in a table, called the ASCII table. The 128 characters include:
    • 32 control codes (mainly to do with printing)
    • 32 punctuation codes, symbols, and space
    • 26 upper case letters
    • 26 lower case letters
    • numeric digits 0-9
    ASCII only represents basic characters needed for English, limiting its use for other languages
    • Extended ASCII uses 8 bits, providing 256 unique codes (2^8 = 256) or a maximum of 256 characters it can represent
    • provides essential characters such as mathematical operators and accents in languages
    • UNICODE is a character set and was created as a solution to the limitations of ASCII
    • uses a minimum of 16 bits, providing 2^16 unique codes (65,536) or a minimum of 65,536 characters it can represent
    • can represent characters from all the major languages around the world
  • label
    A) 7
    B) 16
    C) 128
    D) english
    E) world
    F) storage space
    G) characters
    H) world
    I) emoji
    J) only
    K) special
    L) storage space