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Question 17

Complete the description of how computers represent characters in binary using the given list of terms. Not all terms will be used.

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A character set contains ..... of the characters that a computer system can recognize and display. To ensure there is no confusion, each individual character is assigned a ..... binary value. For example, uppercase 'A' and lowercase 'a' are given ..... values.

One common character set is standard ASCII. This character set uses ..... bits to represent each character. If the denary code for the character 'C' is 67, then the denary code for the character 'H' is ..... .

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Data types Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /Data types

26 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Computer Science Data types. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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