Republic of the Philippines
GOVERNOR MARIANO E. VILLA FUERTE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-
LIBMANAN
Potot. Libmanan, Camarines Sur
Introduction
to
Computing
Topic: ASCII and Unicode
Representation
Submitted by: Fuenzalida Richelle Ann A .
Submitted to: Ms. Mia Lasal - Tias
Activity: Understanding ASCII and Unicode Representation
Instructions: Answer the following exercises and activities. Write your answers in the space
provided.
Part 1: Concept Check (10 pts.)
1. What is ASCII, and how many bits does it use for each character?
Answer.
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a character encoding standard
that uses 7 bits (but usually stored in 8 bits) to represent each character.
2. What is Unicode, and how is it different from ASCII?
Answer:
Unicode is a universal character encoding system that can represent characters from almost all
languages, symbols, and emojis. It is different from ASCII because ASCII is limited to 128
characters, while Unicode support over a million characters from all languages and scripts using
variable-length encodings like UTF-8
3. Give one advantage of Unicode over ASCII.
Answer:
Unicode can represent many languages and symbols, making it more useful in a globalized
world.
Part 2: ASCII Conversion (10 pts)
Character ASCII Decimal ASCII Binary
A 65 01000001
M 77 01001101
5 53 00110101
* 42 00101010
space ( ) 32 00100000
Part 3: Decode the Message (10 pts)
The following ASCII codes represent a hidden message. Convert them to characters.
72 = H 69 = E 76 = L 76 = L 79 = O
32 = (space)
87 = W 79 = O 82 = R 76 = L 68 = D
Part 4: Unicode Practice (15 pts)
Unicode Code Character
U+0042 B
U+0068 h
U+00F1 ñ
U+20B1 ₱
U+1F60A 😊 (smiling face with smiling eyes)
Part 5: Reflection (5 points)
Why do you think Unicode is important in today's globalized and digital world?
Answer:
Unicode is important today because it allows people from different countries to use their own
language, symbols, and even emojis in computers and the internet. It makes digital
communication global and easier to understand.