5.5 Information Coding Systems - ASCII Flashcards
1
Q
What is line feed and carriage return used for in ASCII code ?
A
Used to break a long string of characters into separate lines
2
Q
What is ASCII code ?
A
A encoding system used to represent 128 English characters
3
Q
What is Unicode?
A
an international encoding standard for use with different languages and scripts
4
Q
How would you convert the character form of a decimal digit in to the decimal digit?
e.g. character form 50, decimal form 2
A
Subtract 48 from 50
5
Q
How would you differentiate between character code form and decimal digit form?
A
With apostrophes
e.g. 50,54,49 = ‘2’ ‘6’ ‘1’
6
Q
How many bits is ASCII code ?
A
7 bits
