Character Sets

What does ASCII stand for?

• Australian Standard Code for Information Interchange

• Aberdonian Standard Code for Information Interchange

• American Standard Code for Information Interchange

• African Standard Code for Information Interchange

What is ASCII used for?

• Storing text

• Storing sounds

• Storing images

• Storing video

How many bits does ASCII use for each character?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

What is a character?

• A single key on the keyboard or a single number, letter or punctuation symbol

• A person who works as a computer programmer

• A 1 or a 0

• The part that an actor plays

What does ASCII do?

• Converts images into binary

• Converts sound into binary

• Converts text into binary

• Converts the typed language into American English

Binary is:

• a system using the digits 0 and 1 to represent a letter, digit, or other character in a computer or other electronic device.
• the most common format for text files in computers and on the Internet

ASCII is:

• a numerical system that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.
• the most common format for text files in computers and on the Internet

ASCII is pronounced:

• Ask-ee
• A-skee
• A-skews-me

Choose the best answer about character sets:

• All characters in character sets are stored in binary.
• Some characters in character sets are stored in binary.
• Only binary characters in character sets are stored in binary.

The following is true about character sets:

• Each letter has a unique code
• Lower and upper case letters share the same codes
• ASCII is one of the latest character sets to be adopted