Assignment #24

1. If you took a picture of your car, could you store that using the ISO 8859-1 character standard? Explain your answer.
No, because the ISO 8859-1 was designed for text while photos have their own set of coding.

2. Write the word Hello using the ISO 8859-1 character standard.

01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111

a. How many bits did it take?

40 bits

b. How many bytes did it take?

5 bytes

c. Would it take more bytes in memory than in storage?

No, bytes are the same whether they are in memory or in storage.

3. At 10 bits per second, how long would it take to transmit Hello from one computer to another?

40/10 = 4 seconds

4. Which contains more information 100 random bits or 1,000 random bits? Explain your answer.

Both random bits contain no information, so both don't have a significant size.