COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ALGORITHMS
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Question
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l and i
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o and 0
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m and n
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -For example, the letters Z, I, and O, amid an array of numerals, can easily be mistaken for the numbers 2, 1, and 0.
Detailed explanation-2: -For example, the letter “O” and numeral “0” are at high risk for confusion because there are no discernable factors between them. It is also more likely for an alpha numeric symbol with more distinguishing factors to be misread as its look–alike counterpart with fewer distinguishing elements.
Detailed explanation-3: -When it comes to 0 and O, in most fonts, 0 is narrower and O is rounder. I recently heard one teacher help students remember this by saying that 0 is skinnier because it has “zero fat”.
Detailed explanation-4: -The letter “Ø” is sometimes used in mathematics as a replacement for the symbol “∅” (Unicode character U+2205), referring to the empty set as established by Bourbaki, and sometimes in linguistics as a replacement for same symbol used to represent a zero.
Detailed explanation-5: -The slashed zero glyph is often used to distinguish the digit “zero” ("0") from the Latin script letter “O” anywhere that the distinction needs emphasis, particularly in encoding systems, scientific and engineering applications, computer programming (such as software development), and telecommunications.