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character set Last modified: Monday, January 27, 2003
A defined list of characters recognized by the computer hardware and software. Each character is represented by a number. The ASCII character set, for example, uses the numbers 0 through 127 to represent all English characters as well as special control characters. European ISO character sets are similar to ASCII, but they contain additional characters for European languages.
Data Representation This is Chapter 1 of Randall Hyde's book, "Art of Assembly Language." It describes the binary and hexadecimal numbering systems, binary data organization (bits, nibbles, bytes, words, and double words), signed and unsigned numbering systems, arithmetic, logical, shift, and rotate operations on binary values, bit fields and packed data, and the ASCII character set. ISO Coded character sets home page Official JTC1/SC2 (Coded character sets) site. ISO Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set home page Official JTC1/SC2/WG2 (UCS) site.	Related Categories Data Formats Related Terms ASCII character control character DBCS localization Unicode shop.internet.com Products Trend Building Character Poster Set? Large Poster Combo Packs 13 1/2" X 19" 6 Posters/Set 3 Offers From $13 To $15 Brenda Blue: Wooden Character Set 4 Offers From $22 To $54 Trend Character Education Bulletin Board Set 1 Set 2 Offers From $8.49 To $9.99 Toys   More shop.internet.com Deals Shopping character set Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Toys 780 Store Offers Office Supplies 18 Store Offers