Information Coding Scheme

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