Data Types

Question 1

ASCII

Answer 1

American Standard Code for Information Interchange
7 bits which form 128 different but combinations
8 bit version developed (additional 128 characters)

Question 2

Unicode

Answer 2

16 bit code
65,000 different combinations
Other languages
32 bit code
1 million combinations

Question 3

Bit

Answer 3

Fundamental unit of information

Question 4

Byte

Answer 4

Set of 8 bits

Question 5

Kilobyte/Kibibyte

Answer 5

1000/1024

Question 6

Character Set

Answer 6

A defined list of characters recognized by the computer hardware and software. Each character is represented by a number.