ASCII
Explore how ASCII encoding translates letters, numbers, and symbols into 7-bit binary numbers for display and storage in computers. Understand the difference between control and printable characters and how this system enables text communication with keyboards and screens.
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What is ASCII?
We have seen how we can represent a range of numbers in the language of computers, 's and 's. But we know that numbers aren’t the only thing that we can represent in a computer. So, there is still something missing when we think about how a computer understands what to display on the screen when we type a letter like “a”, or a symbol like “&” using the keyboard.
The answer is ASCII.
ASCII is simply a system that encodes letters and common symbols as decimal numbers. These numbers can then easily be represented and stored by a computer.
How does it work?
ASCII uses bits to represent one displayed character. The idea is to create a convention for encoding each character with one ...