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How many characters does ASCII have?

Short answer. 128.

Can ASCII store a Hindi word?

No.

ASCII

7 bits: 128 characters
A is 65, a is 97
No Indian scripts, no emoji

Remember

ASCII: 128 characters
English only

Can ASCII store a Hindi word? No. Here is why. ASCII uses seven bits, so only one twenty eight characters. Capital A is sixty five. Indian scripts do not fit. Remember. ASCII has one twenty eight characters. Mostly English.

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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