Representing Text

UNICODE & ASCII

ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

7 bit code (128 Characters) or 8 bit extended ASCII (256 characters)

All the characters that can be represented are called: Character Set

0 - 31 are non printable characters that alter the format: Control Characters

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How many bits does it use
16 bit code

How many Characters does it represent
65, 536

How is ASCII converted to UNICODE?
The first 128 characters in UNICODE are ASCII

What advantages does UNICODE have over ASCII?
UNICODE can be used to represent more characters and therefore other languages

What advantages does ASCII have over UNICODE?

ASCII code uses less memory