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Character Set
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- The symbols that a computer can recognize and use
- Each symbol is distinguishable from others - E.g. ASCII, UNICODE, EBCDIC |
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Applications that need character sets of different sizes
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- Word processing
- ATM terminals, they use 10 digits + 6 command codes with 4 bits per character |
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How codes are used to represent different character sets
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- Each required character is given a unique binary code
- The more characters, the more bits in each code - The number of bits that represent the code establish the size of a byte - Number of characters tend to be to the power of 2 - Allows keys to have different characters |
