# ASCII and Unicode * These are types of [encodings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding). * Unicode can use more codes than assci * Ascii is an encoding system that uses 7 bit * Unicode is the same thing as ascii for first 127 symbols, but can support *far more* characters by using up to 32-bits --- References * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aJKKgSEUnY