merkistökoodi
Merkistökoodi refers to a system used to represent characters, such as letters, numbers, and symbols, as numerical values. This is essential for computers to process and display text. Early merkistökoodit were developed in the mid-20th century, with ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) being one of the most influential. ASCII uses seven bits to represent 128 characters, including uppercase and lowercase English letters, numbers, punctuation, and control characters.
As computing expanded globally, the need for a more comprehensive merkistökoodi that could accommodate characters from