Write out and Submit
The first electronic word processor, the Wang 1200, could let the user edit one line of text at a time before that text was printed or stored on a cassette tape. Each line of text was stored in 100 Bytes, and was 100 characters long.
a. How many bits were used to store each character?
b. How many different combinations of bits can you get from your answer to part a? This is the number of different symbols the Wang 1200 can have for each character in its editor
c. How many bits would it take to represent all of the lowercase letters in the Latin alphabet used for English?
d. What about upper and lower case?
e. What about all of the letters, numbers, and punctuation on your computer's keyboard? Space, Enter and Tab can all count as one symbol. Don't forget to show your work. Your answers might be different from your work partners', as some keyboards may have a few different keys.