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Quick questions on Representing characters and instructions: ASCII and Unicode - SQA Higher Computing Science

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State how many bits standard ASCII uses and how many codes that gives. [2 marks]
What is q2?
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State one advantage of Unicode over ASCII. [1 mark]
What is q3?
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Explain why a binary pattern in memory has no fixed meaning. [1 mark]

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