Correct option is B
In the
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) character encoding system, each character is assigned a unique numeric value. The decimal representation of the lowercase letter
'a' is
97.
Important Key Points:
1.
ASCII: A character encoding standard that uses numeric values to represent characters.
2.
Decimal Representation: Each character is mapped to a unique decimal number. For example:
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'A' (uppercase) =
65
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'a' (lowercase) =
97
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'z' =
122
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'Z' =
90
Knowledge Booster:
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Option (a):
90 is the decimal value for the uppercase letter
'Z'.
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Option (c):
122 is the decimal value for the lowercase letter
'z'.
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Option (d):
65 is the decimal value for the uppercase letter
'A'.
Thus, the correct decimal representation for the character
'a' is
97.