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Ascii codes has how many bits??

24th Jul 2017, 6:42 AM
Aman srivastava
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hey the new one is 0-255
24th Jul 2017, 6:51 AM
Milkha_Da_Techie
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@Aman Bc 8 bits are between -127 to 0 and 0 to 127 //unsigned number. 256 numbers 0 to 255 //singed number. 256 numbers also
24th Jul 2017, 12:12 PM
Yanothai Chaitawat
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8 bits
24th Jul 2017, 6:46 AM
Milkha_Da_Techie
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it is defined only for 0-127 codes which means it can be fit into 7-bits...so why 8 bits???
24th Jul 2017, 6:50 AM
Aman srivastava
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CPU stores data in bytes. 1 byte equivalent to 8 bits wide. Hence ASCII codes are stored in lower 7bits of byte format.
24th Jul 2017, 8:56 AM
Calviղ
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