DATA REPRESENTATION AND NUMBER SYSTEMS
ASCII AND UNICODE CHARACTER ENCODING
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a numerical system that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.
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the most common format for text files in computers and on the Internet
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -ASCII is the most common format for text files in computers and on the Internet. In an ASCII file, each alphabetic, numeric, or special character is represented with a 7 number (a string of seven 0s or 1s). 128 possible characters are defined.
Detailed explanation-2: -ASCII code allows computers to understand how to represent text. In ASCII, each character (letter, number, symbol or control character) is represented by a binary value. Extended ASCII is a version that supports representation of 256 different characters.
Detailed explanation-3: -The American Code for Information Interchange, commonly called ASCII, is a computer language for text that became the standard for transmitting information between computers in 1963. The ASCII system translates alphanumeric characters and symbols into a computer-readable code. The original ASCII was English-only.