QUESTION 1:
What else (besides characters and integers) can be represented with bit patterns?
created: 07/04/96; 2nd edition: 03/20/01; cleaned and oiled: 09/17/01
Patterns of bits represent many types of things. This chapter shows how bit patterns are used to represent characters.
- ASCII
- Control characters.
- Teletype Machines.
- .asciiz and null terminated strings.
- Disk files.
- Text files.
- Binary files.
- Executable files.
What else (besides characters and integers) can be represented with bit patterns?