Public Service Commission (PSC)2082 BSQuestion 1 of 16
What is Unicode? How does it differ from ASCII code? Write the advantages of Unicode over ASCII, providing examples to illustrate your points.
5 marks
Question source
- Exam year
- 2082 BS / 2025 AD
- Level
- Level 5
- Paper
- Technical – Subjective
- Section
- Section A: Architecture & Networking (50 Marks)
Model answer
Unicode is a universal multi-byte character encoding supporting global scripts (Devanagari, Chinese) whereas 8-bit ASCII supports only basic English.