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Kibi Kilo ASCII

The document explains the differences between binary prefixes (kibi, mebi, gibi, tebi) and their decimal counterparts (kilo, mega, giga, tera) in terms of byte values. It also covers ASCII, extended ASCII, and Unicode character sets, highlighting their definitions, similarities, and differences. ASCII is limited to 7 or 8 bits and represents one language, while Unicode supports multiple languages and can use up to 32 bits per character.

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Kibi Kilo ASCII

The document explains the differences between binary prefixes (kibi, mebi, gibi, tebi) and their decimal counterparts (kilo, mega, giga, tera) in terms of byte values. It also covers ASCII, extended ASCII, and Unicode character sets, highlighting their definitions, similarities, and differences. ASCII is limited to 7 or 8 bits and represents one language, while Unicode supports multiple languages and can use up to 32 bits per character.

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COAN Computer Classes

A Level Computer Science – Paper 1

Explain the difference between:


1. kibi and kilo
Kibi = 210 Bytes: 1024 Bytes, Kilo = 1000 Bytes

2. mebi and mega


mebi = 220 Bytes: 1024 x 1024 Bytes, mega = 1000 000Bytes

3. gibi and giga


gibi = 230 Bytes: 1024x1024 x 1024 Bytes, giga = 1000 000 000Bytes

4. tebi and tera


tebi = 240 Bytes: 1024x1024x1024 x 1024 Bytes, tera = 1000 000 000 000Bytes

Explain the following:


1. ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Standard ASCII
code character set consists of 7-bit codes (0 to 127 denary or 0 to 7F in
hexadecimal); this represents the letters, numbers and characters found
on a standard keyboard together with 32 control codes (which use up
codes 0 to 31 (denary) or 0 to 19 (hexadecimal)).

2. extended ASCII
Extended ASCII uses 8-bit codes (128 to 255 in denary or 80 to FF in
hex). This allows for non-English characters and for drawing characters
to be included.

3. Unicode
Unicode allows characters in a code form to represent all languages of
the world, thus supporting many operating systems, search engines and
internet browsers used globally.

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Miss Nafeeza COAN: Computer Science Educator 59253887 [email protected]
Diploma Information Systems/Bsc (Hons) Business Informatics/Post Graduate Certificate Computer Science/Post Graduate
Certificate Computer Education (PGCE)/MSc Project Management
COAN Computer Classes

Similarities between the ASCII and Unicode character sets.


1. Both can use 8 bits
2. Both represent each character using a unique code
3. ASCII is a subset of Unicode

Differences between the ASCII and Unicode character sets.

1. Unicode can go up to 32 bits per character whereas ASCII is 7 or 8


2. Different languages are represented using Unicode, ASCII is only for one
language

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Miss Nafeeza COAN: Computer Science Educator 59253887 [email protected]
Diploma Information Systems/Bsc (Hons) Business Informatics/Post Graduate Certificate Computer Science/Post Graduate
Certificate Computer Education (PGCE)/MSc Project Management

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