science computer coding system

1. ASCII
8 bits to represent
a character,
meaning that
storing data in
ASCII takes up
less memory.
Stand for
American
Standard Code for
Information
Interchange
most widely used
coding scheme to
represent data.
uses 8 bits that
represents a total
of 256 (28 = 256)
different
characters
used in
minicomputers,
personal
computers and
computers that
make information
available on the
Internet.

2. Computer System
input
Any data or
instruction entered
into the memory of
a computer
output
Data that has been
processed into
useful form
process
Performing
operation on the
data
Storage
Location in which
data, instruction and
information are held
for future use

3. most widely
used
coding
scheme to
represent
data
ASCII
8 bits and
represents
a
characters
The 256
characters and
symbols that are
represented by
ASCII and
EBCDIC codes
are sufficient for
English and
Westerns
European
languages.
256 (2^8 =
256)
different
characters.
EBCDIC
used by IBM
mainframe
computers
and some
IBM midrange
systems and
high end
servers
widely
considered
to be an
obsolete
coding
system
Used in
personal
computer