Character Storage

Question 1

Explain the ASCII character set

Answer 1

Most commonly used character set. Each character is given7 bits representing 128 different characters including the English alphabet, numbers, symbols + commands.

Question 2

Explain the Unicode character set

Answer 2

Tries to cover every possible character or symbol available. Unicode uses 2 bytes(16 bits) for each character and covers major languages.

Unicode can represent 256 characters.

Question 3

How do you calculate file size

Answer 3

File size = Number of bits per character x number of characters

Question 4

Describe how a character set would store the string “hello world”

Answer 4

Each character in a character set has a unique binary value that displays in order.