ENCODING SCHEME & NUMBER SYSTEM
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Difference between Unicode and ASCII
The differences between them are as follows:
Unicode Coding Scheme ASCII Coding Scheme
It uses variable bit
encoding according to It uses 7-bit encoding. As
the requirement. For of now, the extended form
example, UTF-8, UTF- uses 8-bit encoding.
16, UTF-32
It is not a standard all over
It is a standard form.
the world.
It has only limited
People use this scheme
characters hence, it cannot
all over the world.
be used all over the world.
The Unicode characters
themselves involve all
the characters of the It has its equivalent coding
ASCII encoding. characters in the Unicode.
Therefore we can say that
it is a superset for it.
It has more than 128,000 In contrast, it has only 256
characters. characters.
Difference Between Unicode and ISCII
The differences between them are as follows:
Unicode Coding Scheme ISCII Coding Scheme
It uses variable bit
encoding according to
It uses 8-bit encoding and is
the requirement. For
an extension of ASCII.
example, UTF-8, UTF-
16, UTF-32
It is not a standard all over
A Unicode coding
the world. Moreover, it
scheme is a standard
covers only some Indian
form.
languages.
It covers only limited
People use this scheme Indian languages hence, it
all over the world. cannot be used all over the
world.
The characters
themselves involve all
the characters of the It has its equivalent coding
ISCII encoding. characters in the Unicode.
Therefore we can say
that it is a superset for it.
It has more than In contrast, it has only 256
128,000 characters. characters.
