Character encoding

When crafting characters in a narrative, an author builds their own personalized "character set" by establishing traits, behaviors, motivations, and other attributes that represent each individual. As computer character encodings allow standardized interpretation, defining characters helps readers understand their roles.

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ASCII character set

"ASCII code" is the earliest character set, and its full name is the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It uses a 7-bit binary number (the lower 7 bits of a …

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