MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER ORGANIZATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The 8-bit encoding format used to store data in a computer is ____
A
ASCII
B
EBCDIC
C
ANCI
D
USCII
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -EBCDIC, in full extended binary-coded decimal interchange code, data-encoding system, developed by IBM and used mostly on its computers, that uses a unique eight-bit binary code for each number and alphabetic character as well as punctuation marks and accented letters and nonalphabetic characters.

Detailed explanation-2: -UTF-8 is a variable-length character encoding standard used for electronic communication. Defined by the Unicode Standard, the name is derived from Unicode (or Universal Coded Character Set) Transformation Format – 8-bit.

Detailed explanation-3: -8-bit characters. The 8-bit characters are single-byte characters whose code points are 128-255. Examples from the ISO8859-1 code set or Windows Code Page 1252 include the non-English é, ñ, and ö characters.

Detailed explanation-4: -CSV (Comma Separated Values) CSV is one of the most common file formats for storing textual data. These files can be opened using a wide variety of programs including Notepad. The reason behind using this format over others is its ability to store complex data in a simple and readable way.

Detailed explanation-5: -In computers, encoding is the process of putting a sequence of characters (letters, numbers, punctuation, and certain symbols) into a specialized format for efficient transmission or storage.

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