Character Sets

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What is the purpose of a character set in computers?: To convert characters to unique binary numbers
How many lowercase letters can be made with a keyboard?: 26
What is an example of an invisible character?: Space
If two computers do not use the same character set, what might happen?: The message sent from one to another could be unreadable
What does ASCII stand for?: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
How many unique characters can ASCII represent?: 128
Why can ASCII only represent English characters?: Because it has only 128 unique characters
What is Unicode?: A universal character set that includes characters from all languages
If a computer cannot recognise a Unicode character, what might it show?: A black rectangle
Which character set is used by computers to represent many different characters from around the world?: Unicode
Why do we need to convert characters to binary numbers in computers?: Because computers can only understand binary code

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