MMEDIA 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Physical Layer, Packet Switching, National Science Foundation Network

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Ascii code (american): 7-bit, 0-127, 128 possibilities, problems with other languages -> alternate ascii code (replaced keys that were meaningless with own letters to form kind of a solution) Unicode was created as a solution for ascii and had larger number of bits (1. 2 million characters/code points) 39-32 = 7, 16 doesn"t go into 7. *font gets commonly misused as typeface (ex. times new roman) Typeface is a collection of fonts, and each font is a different variation of the typeface for different styles (tilted), weight (bold or not bold), and size ex. Fonts used to be bitmap but now shows as vector. Network of nodes and legend says they were created to stop nuclear attacks. Upgrading infrastructure of the military research, internet was used for research and con ict on using it for communicating with friends and for personal reasons. Now available commercially and available in north america and then europe.

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