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The answer is 153
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The computer can use bytes
to represent more than just
numbers. There are less than
256 letters, numbers and
punctuation marks in the
English language. A code
number has been assigned to
each one. This system is
called ASCII. (American
Standard Code for Information
Interchange).
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With ASCII numbers, a byte
can therefore represent any
standard character. Here are
some examples:
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#122 = 'z'
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text/358 107 1 0 0
#74 = 'J'
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#36 = '$'
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#44 = ','
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#50 = '2'
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#97 = 'a'
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#63 = '?'
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#112 = 'p'
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