Multimedia Information Representation

What was the problem with the communication between different computer terminals in the late 1950s?

• The terminals were too far apart

• There were too many network connections

• The computers were too slow to process data

• Different character sets prevented proper communication

What was the name of the character encoding standard developed by IBM based on their older punch card equipment?

• ASCII

• Unicode

• UTF-8

• EBCDIC

Who suggested the development of the ASCII character encoding standard?

• Mark Davis

• Bob Bemer

• Joe Becker

• Lake Collins

How many character slots did the ASCII standard have?

• 256

• 128

• 512

• 64

What was the main issue with the IBM PC using ASCII character encoding?

• It used 8-bit encoding

• It was too slow

• It was not compatible with other computers

• It had too few character slots

What was the main goal of the Unicode standard?

• To develop a new computer operating system

• To create a standard for computer networking

• To include all human languages in one code

• To improve the speed of computers

How many different characters does the latest version of Unicode hold?

• 50,000

• 120,000

• 75,000

• 100,000

What did Unicode add to the character slots following ASCII?

• International characters

• Symbols

• Glyphs

• All of the above

Which character encoding standard ensured support for all human languages across machines?

• ASCII

• EBCDIC

• UTF-8

• Unicode

What did Unicode do to computer character sets?

• Replaced them

• Corrupted them

• Improved them

• Ignored them