ASCII and Unicode Flashcards
1
Q
What does ASCII stand for:
A
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
2
Q
Why was ASCII created:
A
To provide a standard set of characters and binary coding for them to avoid everyone having different ones
3
Q
How many bits does ASCII have:
A
7
4
Q
What is extended ASCII:
A
ASCII with 8 bits
5
Q
What problems does ASCII have:
A
It doesn’t have enough bits for different alphabets, it can’t represent all the symbols anyway
6
Q
What replaced ASCII:
A
Unicode
7
Q
What types of Unicode are there:
A
UTF-8 and UTF-16
8
Q
Is Unicode finished:
A
Nope, it’s constantly being updated
