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Unicode and ASCII are key character encoding standards used globally, with Unicode supporting a vast array of languages and ASCII limited to 128 English characters. ASCII, established in 1963, facilitates electronic communication by assigning numbers to characters, while Unicode encompasses a broader range of written scripts. ASCII is a subset of Unicode, ensuring backward compatibility with the first 128 Unicode characters corresponding to ASCII codes.

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Unicode and ASCII are key character encoding standards used globally, with Unicode supporting a vast array of languages and ASCII limited to 128 English characters. ASCII, established in 1963, facilitates electronic communication by assigning numbers to characters, while Unicode encompasses a broader range of written scripts. ASCII is a subset of Unicode, ensuring backward compatibility with the first 128 Unicode characters corresponding to ASCII codes.

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• ASCII Vs UNICODE
•
• Overview :
Unicode and ASCII are the most popular character
encoding standards that are currently being used all
over the world. Unicode is the universal character
encoding used to process, store and facilitate the
interchange of text data in any language while ASCII is
used for the representation of text such as symbols,
letters, digits, etc. in computers.
• ASCII :
• It is a character encoding standard for electronic
communication. American Standard Code for
Information Interchange(ASCII) and was first launched
in 1963. ASCII codes are used to represent text in
computers and telecom devices.
•
ASCII :
• It is a character encoding standard for electronic communication.
American Standard Code for Information Interchange(ASCII) and
was first launched in 1963. ASCII codes are used to represent text in
computers and telecom devices.
• ASCII is used for representing 128 English characters in the form of
numbers, with each letter being assigned to a specific number in
the range 0 to 127. For e.g., the ASCII code for uppercase A is 65,
uppercase B is 66, and so on. Check out the following table for
some more examples.
• Most computers are using ASCII encoding for text representation,
which makes transferring data from one device to another a lot
easier.
ASCII Vs Unicode :
• Key factor-1 :
Size –
• It is obvious by now that Unicode represents far more
characters than ASCII. ASCII uses a 7-bit range to
encode just 128 distinct characters. Unicode on the
other hand encodes 154 written scripts.
• ASCII == UNICODE?
• For backward compatibility, the first 128 Unicode
characters point to ASCII characters. And since UTF-8
encodes each of those characters using 1-byte.
• ASCII is essentially just UTF-8, or we can say that ASCII
is a subset of Unicode.
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