Which character encoding standard uses 7 bits per character and is limited to representing basic English letters, numbers, and control characters?

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A UTF-8
B UTF-16
C ASCII
D Base64

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Answer: C. ASCII

Answer: C) ASCII
Explanation: ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) uses a 7-bit encoding scheme, allowing it to represent 2⁷ = 128 characters. This easily covers standard English text but lacks support for international characters or emojis.

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Which character encoding standard uses 7 bits per character and is limited to representing basic English letters, numbers, and control characters?

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