1.2.4 Units And Formats Of Data Flashcards
1
Q
What does KB stand for?
A
Kilobyte
2
Q
What does MB stand for?
A
Megabyte
3
Q
What does GB stand for?
A
Gigabyte
4
Q
What does TB stand for?
A
Terabyte
5
Q
What does PB stand for?
A
Petabyte
6
Q
Why was character sets created?
A
allowing alphanumeric characters we recognise to be typed into a computer and converted into useable binary equivalent.
7
Q
How have character sets been designed?
A
Follow logical sequence
8
Q
What does ASCII stand for?
A
American standard code for information interchange
9
Q
Why was an extra zero added?
A
Create an 8-bit character set
10
Q
What is Unicode?
A
World industry standard
11
Q
Unlike ASCII, Unicode had 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit variants
True or false?
A
True
12
Q
How many characters can Unicode-32 encode?
A
4 billion
Allowing for every current and future language
