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 ...

To represent text in a computer system, we give each character its own special number. This number is called its code. We can then store this code in the computer using binary ones and zeros. ASCII ...

Check out this nice web app that lets you code in and decode from the binary number system to plain English. Using an ASCII chart, these values can be mapped to characters and text can be stored. It’s ...