Encoding

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Binary encoding
In the late 1930s, Claude Shannon showed that by using switches which were closed for "true" and open for "false," it was possible to...
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Hexadecimal notation
As binary numbers get longer and longer, a new base had to be introduced: hexadecimal numbering. The hexadecimal number system counts...
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Representation of real numbers and integers
Representing (or encoding) a number means to express it in binary form. Representing numbers in a computer is necessary in order for...
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ASCII Code
Morse code was the first code used for long-distance communication. Samuel F.B. Morse invented it in 1844. This code is made up of...
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Quoted-printable encoding
Quoted-printable encoding (somtimes QP) involves using US-ASCII 7-bits encoding (non-accented letters) to encode a text that requires...
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Base64 encoding
The concept of Base64 encoding entails using US-ASCII (non-accented) characters to encode any sort of data in 8-bit form. Email...
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Uuencode/Uudecode
UUencode encoding (a contraction of Unix-to-Unix encode) is an algorithm for converting 8-bit binary data into a 7-bit format....
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BinHex encoding
BinHex encoding (a contraction of binary-to-hexadecimal) is a proprietary algorithm owned by Apple for converting 8-bit binary data...
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Error checking
Binary encoding is very practical for use in electronic devices such as computers, in which information can be encoded based on...
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