Computer memory saves all data in digital form. There is no way to store characters directly. Each character has its digital code equivalent: ASCII code (for American Standard Code for Information ...

The Internet provides dozens of websites that chart the ASCII and symbol tables. Two I’ve visited are ascii-code.com and another is Special Characters — Alt Code Sequences. Remember to press ...

The character code built into the computer determines how each letter, digit or special character ($, %, #, etc.) is represented in binary code. Fortunately, there are only two methods in wide use ...