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- The answer is 143
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- The computer can use bytes
- to represent more than just
- numbers. There are less than 256
- letters, numbers and punctuat-
- ion markes in the English
- langauge. A code number has been
- assigned to each one.
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- This code system is called
- ASCII. (American Standard Code
- for Information Interchange)
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- With the ASCII numbers,
- a byte can therefore
- represent any standard
- character. Here are some
- examples:
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- text/350/97
- #122 = 'z'
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- text/358/107
- #74 = 'J'
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- text/358/117
- #36 = '$'
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- text/358/127
- #44 = ','
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- text/475/97
- #50 = '2'
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- text/475/107
- #97 = 'a'
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- text/475/117
- #63 = '?'
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- text/475/127
- #112 = 'p'
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