CAMBRIDG

1.2 Text, sound and images E IGCSE

(0478/0984)

Representing characters
and character sets
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Storing characters in binary

0 1
Off On
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Storing characters in binary

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Storing characters in binary

0 =A

1 =B
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Storing characters in binary

0 0 =A 0 1 =B

1 0 =C 1 1 =D
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Storing characters in binary

2 32 5=
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Storing characters in binary

5 bits

2 32 5=

0 1
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Storing characters in binary

code character code character
0 A 13 N

5 bits 1
2
B
C
14
15
O
P
3 D 16 Q
4 E 17 R

2 325= 5
6
7
G
H
F 18
19
20
S
T
U
8 I 21 V

0 1 9
10 K
J 22
23
W
X
11 L 24 Y
12 M 25 Z
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Storing characters in binary

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Storing characters in binary

2 128 7=
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Storing characters in binary

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The ASCII character set

1.2 Text, sound and images | Representing characters and character sets CAMBRIDGE IGCSE (0478/0984)

The ASCII character set

1.2 Text, sound and images | Representing characters and character sets CAMBRIDGE IGCSE (0478/0984)

The ASCII character set

1.2 Text, sound and images | Representing characters and character sets CAMBRIDGE IGCSE (0478/0984)

The ASCII character set

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The ASCII character set

1.2 Text, sound and images | Representing characters and character sets CAMBRIDGE IGCSE (0478/0984)

The ASCII character set

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The UNICODE character set

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The UNICODE character set

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ASCII vs UNICODE
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ASCII vs UNICODE

Size

32 KB
Saved with ASCII encoding
64 KB

Saved with UNICODE encoding

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Character sets

A character set is a defined list of characters recognised by a computer. Each character is represented by a unique binary
number. Well-known character sets include:
• ASCII: A 7-bit character set with 27 characters (128).
• Extended ASCII: An 8-bit character set with 28 characters (256).
• Unicode: A 24-bit character set with 224 characters (over 16 million).