Project Numero Dos

  Now binary makes sense. In introducing the concept, students were taught the fundamentals of binary, that its a code used to store information in a computer, and how to convert numbers into said code. This week was a continuation of last week's bit, byte,0,1, discussion. So, how are alphanumeric symbols and letters encoded in the computer? Still in the form of zeros and ones except the method of version is through code! There is the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) and then there's Unicode. Fun fact: ASCII only applies to the English. That means programming for non-english language must be done in Unicode. Although seemingly better at first, the internationally friendlier version of code takes up more space than it's american counterpart. It has a state space of 2^16 versus ASCII's 2^7. Even though this might make instill the notion that ASCII is better, Unicode can code for way more symbols. So, which is better? Depends on how much space you have and where you live : )