CS - Data Rep - ASCII Flashcards
1
Q
What does ASCII stand for?
A
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
2
Q
What is ASCII used to represent and what does it allow computers to do?
A
A range of characters, symbols, and control codes used in computing and communication. It allows computers to understand how to represent text.
3
Q
What is extended ASCII?
A
Version of ASCII that supports the representation of 256 different characters because it uses eight bits to represent a character.
4
Q
- What are control characters and printable characters?
A
Control
* Characters used to perform actions, not printable on screen.
e.g. esc, delete, tab.
Printable
* Used to show a character on screen.
e.g. letters, numbers, symbols, punctuation marks, backspace