The original ASCII character code, which provides 128 different characters, numbered 0 to 127. ASCII and 7-bit ASCII are synonymous. Since the 8-bit byte is the common storage element, ASCII ...

Storing ASCII characters in an 8-bit byte. The term itself is misleading, as the ASCII code is always seven bits, not eight. However, since the common storage element is the 8-bit byte, the term ...

ASCII uses 7 bits per character, giving a character set of 128 characters. Extended ASCII uses 8 bits (1 byte) per character, giving a character set of 256 characters.