Ascii Table
Ascii Table
Ascii Table
A bit is a binary digit, and in the binary number system there are two digits (base 2), 0
and 1. A byte is collection of 8 bits, so with 8 bits there are 256 (28) possible
combinations of 0s and 1s. The ASCII Code assigns each one of those combinations a
specific character. The first 128 characters listed below are standard, but only use 7 bits.
The additional characters that can be defined using the 8th bit are referred to as extended
codes and their definitions may vary.
Dec = Decimal (Base 10), Hex = Hexadecimal (Base 16), Oct = Octal (Base 8),
Char = Character
Dec Hex Oct Char Binary Dec Hex Oct Char Binary
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Decimal 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
Binary 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 127 Decimal