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Character Sets and Encoding — AQA GCSE Computer Science 8525
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AQA GCSE Computer Science
Fundamentals of data representation
Character encoding
Character Sets and Encoding
AQA GCSE Computer Science · 8525
Character Sets and Encoding
What you need to know
Define the concept of a character set and its role in computing.
Describe and differentiate between prominent character encoding methods, specifically 7-bit ASCII and Unicode.
Apply character encoding tables to convert between alphanumeric characters and their corresponding numerical character codes.
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Character Sets and Encoding
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Previous topic: Binary arithmetic
Applications of Binary Shifts
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Sequential Character Codes
