Number Systems

  1. Character and Data Encoding
    1. Binary-Coded Decimal (BCD)
      1. Structure and Format
        1. Packed vs Unpacked BCD
          1. Applications in Computing
            1. Advantages and Limitations
            2. ASCII Encoding
              1. Character Set Structure
                1. Control Characters
                  1. Printable Characters
                    1. Extended ASCII
                    2. Unicode Standards
                      1. Purpose and Development
                        1. Character Coverage
                          1. UTF-8 Encoding
                            1. Variable-Length Structure
                              1. Backward Compatibility
                                1. Encoding Rules
                                2. UTF-16 Encoding
                                  1. Fixed and Variable-Length
                                    1. Surrogate Pairs
                                      1. Byte Order Considerations
                                      2. UTF-32 Encoding
                                        1. Fixed-Length Structure
                                          1. Memory Considerations
                                          2. Internationalization Support

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                                        10. Historical and Alternative Number Systems