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ASCII
Unicode

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Developed to overcome limitations of ASCII, representing a wider range of characters
Compatible with computers worldwide, uses 16 bits per character
Only contains lowercase and uppercase English letters, numbers, a small number of symbols, and control characters
Can represent around 65,000 characters, covering many of the world's languages and symbols
Uses 7 bits per character, allowing representation of 128 characters
Includes Latin Characters
American Standard Code for Information Interchange, created in the 1960s
Ensures a more inclusive and global approach to character representation
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