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Binary Characters Flashcards
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- 1What are character sets?Character sets are groups of characters that form character sets. Character sets can be understood by the computer.
- 2Name the 3 character setsLetters and numbers, Symbols (* ; & etc),control characters (shift, escape)
- 3How many bits are used for ASCII7 bits
- 4How many bits are used for extended ASCII8 bits
- 5How many bits are used for Unicode16 bits
- 6One advantage and one disadvantage of using ASCIIASCII code can only store 128 characters, which is enough for most words in English but not enough for other languages
- 7One advantage and one disadvantage of using Extended ASCIICan display 256 characters but it still may not be enough for advanced languages.
- 8One advantage and one disadvantage of using UnicodeEmoticons can now be represented but unicode takes up more space.
- 9Describe how characters are represented in a computer systemCharacters are represented in a computer system by 1 and 0. Depending on the code, you can represent 7 bits (1000001) or 8 bits (10000001). It is done this way due to the computer only understanding two states, on or off (1s or 0s).
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- Flashcards on Binary Characters Flashcards, created by Cole Sutton on 24/06/2021.
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- Cole Sutton · Jun 2021
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