Answer» - ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is the most widely used coding system to represent data.
- ASCII is used on many personal computers and minicomputers.
- ASCII is a 7-bit code that permits 2<sup>7</sup> = 128 distinct characters. The 128 different combinations that can be represented in 7 bits are plenty to allow for all the letters, numbers and special symbols.
- An eight bit was added. This allowed extra 128 characters to be represented. The extra 128 combinations are used for symbols such as Ç, ü, è, ©, ®, Æ, etc.
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