Why was the Unicode encoding standard created to replace the traditional 7-bit ASCII encoding system for global computing platforms?

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A To reduce data storage sizes
B To support international characters and scripts
C To increase CPU execution speeds
D To protect web traffic via encryption

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Answer: B. To support international characters and scripts

• Answer: B) To support international characters and scripts
• Explanation: ASCII can only represent 128 characters (primarily English). Unicode provides unique numbers for characters across all major world languages.

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Why was the Unicode encoding standard created to replace the traditional 7-bit ASCII encoding system for global computing platforms?

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