Question 95

Computer Awareness Number representations Easy

How many bits are used to represent a character in ASCII encoding?

(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 16
(D) 32
View Dynamic Solution & Explanation
Correct Solution: Option A

Step-by-step Solution:

Standard ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) uses 7 bits to represent all of the characters, which includes 128 unique values.