Re: [OT] bits and bytes

From: Markus Scherer (markus.scherer@jtcsv.com)
Date: Fri May 18 2001 - 13:07:07 EDT

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Peter_Constable@sil.org wrote:
> the smallest and largest size code units ever used for representing character data?

Teletype machines commonly use a 5-bit code (Baudot, International Alphabet Nr. 2). It has Shift-In/Shift-Out codes to switch between an alphabetic default level and a level with digits and symbols.

Morse code uses a one-bit scheme, if you will, or a small number of codes (short/long sound and some 3 or 4 standard lengths of pauses) depending on how you look at it.

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