1. Data Transfer
ASCII FILES

2. ASCII stands for….. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
It is a code for representing characters as binary codes.
All computers can store data as ASCII code and a file used to hold the code is called an ASCII file.

3. The following table
shows the 8 bit binary
code used for the
alphabet

4. ASCII code A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

5. Other ASCII codes are used for…..
The digits 1,2,3 etc…
Commas
Arithmetic signs * / + - etc….
Spaces =

6. For Example…… HELLO! 0100 1000 H 0100 0101 E 0100 1100 L 0100 1111 O!

7. Another Example…. TEACHER 0101 0100 T 0100 0101 E 0100 0001 A