Kent West wrote:
Paddy Hackett wrote:In view of this could anybody tell me how we get from the stage of bits to the letters of say the English language. In short how do bits, Boolean Algebra lead to letters such as a,b,c,..etc.If I understand what you're asking .... Computer manufacturers have gotten together and agreed on a standard (or standards), for example, ASCII. This standard specifies that 8 bits arranged in a certain sequence stand
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ASCII is a 7 bit code.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII
Mike
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p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}
This message made from 100% recycled bits.
You have found the bank of Larn.
I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you.
I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!