3.5.5.1 Character Form of a Decimal Digit.

Question 1

Define an information coding system?

Answer 1

Matches characters to character code when computers need to represent a character such as ‘R’, ‘k’ or ‘$’.

Question 2

Define a character code.

Answer 2

A character code is a decimal digit used to represent a character. For example, a primitive information coding system might assign the numbers 1 to 26 to the letters A to Z. For example, A = 1, B = 2 etc.

Question 3

Outline how information systems would match characters to character code if used by a computer.

Answer 3

The computer would use binary to represent their corresponding characters. 
E.g. 
Character code
Decimal = 13
Binary = 1101
Character = M.