What is one advantage of using ASCII code for data communications?
It includes built-in error correction features
It contains fewer information bits per character than any other code
It is possible to transmit both uppercase and lowercase text✓Correct answer
It uses one character as a shift code to send numeric and special characters
Explanation
With 7 bits ASCII has 128 code points, enough to assign separate codes to uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, punctuation and control characters. Codes such as Baudot, with only 32 combinations, must reuse codes through shift characters and provide no lowercase at all.