ASCII Reference Table

The ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) table maps characters to numeric codes that can be converted to binary. Here's a quick reference for common characters:

Character Decimal Binary
Space3200100000
0-948-5700110000-00111001
A-Z65-9001000001-01011010
a-z97-12201100001-01111010

Common Binary Patterns

These patterns are useful to remember when working with binary:

  • Uppercase letters start with 010 (binary range 01000001-01011010)
  • Lowercase letters start with 011 (binary range 01100001-01111010)
  • Digits start with 0011 (binary range 00110000-00111001)
  • Case difference: The only difference between upper and lower case is bit 6 (value 32)

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