3.3.5 Understand Understand character 1 hours Look at the ASCII table. Students need to character sets sets including ASCII and be aware that including ASCII and Unicode and the similar characters Complete exercise converting a Unicode and the advantages of Unicode. run in blocks eg A = message from binary to advantages of 65, B = 66 etc. characters and vice-versa. Unicode. Be able to use a character table to convert a Note how similar characters are message from binary to a in blocks eg all capital letters. character set and Consider limitations of ASCII (limited number of characters) and look at how Unicode solves these. This topic could be linked to programming through the use of the programming language commands for conversion between character codes and characters.
3.3.5 Understand character sets including ASCII and Unicode and the advantages of Unicode. Understand character sets including ASCII and Unicode and the advantages of Unicode. Be able to use a character table to convert a message from binary to a character set and 1 hours Look at the ASCII table. Complete exercise converting a message from binary to characters and vice-versa. Note how similar characters are in blocks eg all capital letters. Consider limitations of ASCII (limited number of characters) and look at how Unicode solves these. This topic could be linked to programming through the use of the programming language commands for conversion between character codes and characters. Students need to be aware that similar characters run in blocks eg A = 65, B = 66 etc.
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