At their core they refer to character encoding schemes, ... when the increasing exchange of digital information across the world made the need for a singular encoding system more urgent than before.

ASCII was the first major character encoding system for data processing and was adopted as the standard for computing in 1963 and in 1968 it was mandated that all U.S. government computers be ...

A team of scientists has developed a novel digital encoding and data storage system based on a combination of microcapsules containing different luminescent dyes and phase change materials. This ...