3.3 ASCII and Unicode

Using this extract from the extended ASCII table convert the following binary into text characters:

01000011 01000001 01000110 01000101

• CAFE

• FACE

• CABE

• BEAC

How many bytes would the following require (8 bit extended ASCII)?

Viva Las Vegas!

• 11

• 12

• 13

• 15

What are the limitations of ASCII?

• It has too many emojis.

• It is limited and cannot display foreign languages.

• It takes up too much room in memory.

• It cannot display all English characters.

How can the limitations of ASCII be overcome?

• Unicode

• Omnicode

• Extended ASCII

• ASCIII

How many characters can be represented when using ASCII (7 bit)?

• 256

• 128

• 1024

• 7