Glossary of Terms

ASCII & Unicode

Keyword Definition
ASCII A character encoding standard that is used to depict text in computers and other devices.
ASCII Table A visual representation, presenting the characters and their corresponding values, is known as a chart used to denote ASCII encoding.
Binary Representation A method of data representation that uses two digits, namely 0 and 1.
Bit A basic unit of information in computing is represented by a value of either 0 or 1.
Character Encoding The process of assigning a numerical value to each character is the act of giving a specific numeric representation to each character.
Character Set A grouping of symbols or letters that a computer or software can utilize.
Code Point A unique number is assigned to each character in Unicode.
UTF-16 A character encoding for Unicode utilizing 16-bit code units.
UTF-8 A character encoding system known as variable-length encoding utilizes 8-bit code units to represent Unicode characters.
Unicode A character encoding standard that assigns a distinct numerical value to each character.