KwickClips Computer Systems · 41 sec · free
Can a computer store the shape of A?
Short answer. No. It stores a number code for A in binary.
Why must both computers use the same table?
Otherwise the text turns into rubbish.
Characters get codes
| Each character gets a number |
| The number is stored in binary |
| Same table on both sides |
Remember
| Character to number |
| Number to binary |
A computer knows only zero and one. So how does it store A? With codes. Each character gets a number. That number is stored in binary. Both computers use the same table. Remember. Character to number. Number to binary.
This clip is from the full lesson: Character Encoding: ASCII, ISCII and Unicode — 6 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 11 Computer Science (083), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science Essentials (083), ICSE Class 9 Computer Applications, ISC Class 11 Computer Science (868)
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