36. The most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in Electronic Data Processing system is called A. ASCII B. EBCDII C. BCD D. All of the above E. None of the above
ASCII is the traditional name for the encoding system, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) prefers the updated name US-ASCII, which clarifies that this system was developed in the US and based on the typographical symbols predominantly in use there.