KwickClips Computer Systems · 44 sec · free
How many bits does ISCII use?
Short answer. 8 bits.
What has mostly replaced ISCII?
Unicode.
ISCII
| Indian Script Code |
| 8 bits; lower half is ASCII |
| One table, many Indian scripts |
Remember
| ISCII: 8 bits |
| Now replaced by Unicode |
Did India make its own character code? Yes. Meet ISCII, the Indian Script Code. It uses eight bits. Its lower half is ASCII. One table serves many Indian scripts. Remember. ISCII uses eight bits. Unicode has mostly replaced it.
This clip is from the full lesson: Character Encoding: ASCII, ISCII and Unicode — 6 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 11 Computer Science (083), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science Essentials (083), ICSE Class 9 Computer Applications, ISC Class 11 Computer Science (868)
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