Practice Character Codes: Representing Text (3.2.4) - Processor Organization and Data Representation
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Character Codes: Representing Text

Practice - Character Codes: Representing Text

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does ASCII stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about the initial letters in each word.

Question 2 Easy

How many bits are used in ASCII?

💡 Hint: Consider the number of characters it represents.

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Question 1

What does ASCII stand for?

American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Advanced Simplified Code for International Integration
American Standard Code for Internet Interaction

💡 Hint: Think of the purpose of ASCII.

Question 2

True or False: Unicode can represent characters from all languages.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider 'Unicode' as 'universal' for languages.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider a database application that only uses ASCII encoding. If a user inputs the character '€', how would the application handle it?

💡 Hint: Think about the limitations of the ASCII character set.

Challenge 2 Hard

If a text file created in UTF-8 has special characters, what challenges might arise when opened in a system that only supports ASCII?

💡 Hint: Consider compatibility issues between these encoding systems.

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