Information Coding Scheme
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ASCII/ EBCDIC
Can represent 256 characters (2^8 =256)
Unicode
Can represent more than 65,000 characters and symbols.(2^16 = 65532)
Unicode
Capable of representing almost all the world's current written languages including classic and historical languages.
EBCDIC
Developed by IBM
ASCII
Most widely used to represent data.
EBCDIC
Primarily used on mainframes and high-end servers
Information Coding Scheme
The combinations of 0s and 1s that represent characters are defined by patterns.
ASCII
Traditionally used with PCs.
ASCII/ EBCDIC
Uses 8 bits to represent a character
Unicode
Widely used in Windows, Mac OS & Linux
