Character Sets
Revise Character Sets in Memory & Storage for GCSE Computer Science with 15 exam-style questions and 18 flashcards. This topic appears less often, but it can still pick up marks when it appears in mixed-topic papers.
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The Universal Translator
Deep Dive: Why Character Sets Matter
ASCII: The Foundation (1963)
Extended ASCII (8-bit)
Unicode: The Universal Solution
UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32: Encoding Methods
Character Set Comparison
Real-World Example: The Mojibake Problem
Exam Tips - Character Sets
Quick Reference - Character Sets
Sample Flashcards
Sample Questions
How many bits does standard ASCII use to represent each character?
Explain why using Unicode to store a text file produces a larger file than using ASCII to store the same text.
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18
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