ASCII and UNICODE Flashcards by Vishesh Lahori | Brainscape

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Character set

A

Characters regognised by a computer
Each character is represented by a unique binary number

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Unicode

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Is used due to ASCII not containing enough characters
Coding system that assigns a unique code to all possible symbols
Continues to grow as it is not a fixed size

Requires 3 bytes , not as efficient as 1

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ASCII

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Only uses 7 bits - 127
Not able characters for worldwide use

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ASCII

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Only uses 7 bits - 127
Not able characters for worldwide use

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