COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICES
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Question
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How many bytes are there per character in a text file?
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0.5
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1
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1.5
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10
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The default encoding form is 16-bit, where each character is 16 bits (2 bytes) wide.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eight bits are called a byte. One byte character sets can contain 256 characters.
Detailed explanation-3: -UNICODE uses either 2 Bytes (UTF-16) or 4 Bytes (UTF-32) per character and contains either 65, 536 or 4, 294, 967, 296 characters, enough to include all the characters and symbols used in every language worldwide.
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