Computer Science: An Overview (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780133760064
Author: Glenn Brookshear, Dennis Brylow
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1.4, Problem 7QE
What is the largest numeric value that could be represented with three bytes if each digit were encoded using one ASCII pattern per byte? What if binary notation were used?
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