Smallest unit of information a computer can store. 1 or 0.
Association of sequence of bits with information.
To make sure everyone interprets the code in the same way, standards such as ISO, IEEE are created. Different standards are defined for different data types.
Common standards
Section titled “Common standards”Uses 7 bits for a code. Unique combination for per English character. Includes both printable and unprintable characters.
Unicode
Section titled “Unicode”Uses 32 bits for a code. Designed as the superset of ASCII.