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Which is a limitation of ASCII?

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Information coding systems

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Which is a limitation of ASCII?.

  1. A.It cannot represent any letters
  2. B.It can represent only a limited range of characters
  3. C.It requires every character to use 32 bits
  4. D.It can represent characters from every written language

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  • It can represent only a limited range of characters

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ASCII has a relatively small set of character codes, so it cannot represent the characters needed for all written languages and symbols.

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