ASCII codes are used strictly for representing the letters in the alphabet.

More Questions from Number Systems and Codes

• In the gray code, each number is 3 greater than the binary representation of that number.
• When using the excess-3 code a value of 3 is added to each column of decimal digits before it is converted to a 4-bit binary code.
• The process of converting a decimal number to its binary equivalent is called binary conversion.
• The most significant digit is the rightmost, largest-weight digit in a number.
• If you borrow from a position that contains a 0, you must borrow from the more significant bit that contains a 1. All 0s up to that point become 1s, and the digit last borrowed from becomes a 0.
• Decimal numbers can be converted into binary by dividing by two and recording the remainders.
• The addition 1 + 0 doesn't generate a carry bit; one does not exist.
• 64 hexadecimal equals 100 decimal.
• Base is the same as radix.
• The binary coded decimal (BCD) code is a system that represents each of the 10 decimal digits as a(n) ____________.

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