Characters 1.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? ComputingGCSEOCR Created by: Sharon MalhiCreated on: 15-03-13 15:25 Character Set The complete collection of characters that can be encoded in a particular coding system. 1 of 6 Unicode At least 16-bit code. Defines what characters it encodes and then uses a suitable number of octets to store them as a number. 2 of 6 ASCII American Standard Code for Infomation Interchange - a 7-bit character code. 3 of 6 Number of Bits Defines the limit of how many characters can be represented within any scheme. 4 of 6 Binary Data Computers only work with binary data. Binary data can easily represent numbers. 5 of 6 Characters If we make each number represnt a letter, or character, then we can store characters. 6 of 6
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