Which term describes converting information into a form readable by a computer?

• A. Decode
• B. ASCII
• C. Encode
• D. Binary

Answer: (C)

Transforming information into a form a computer can read is encoding. This is the process of translating data, such as text or images, into a standardized representation of bits that the computer can store and process. ASCII is an example of an encoding system that maps characters to binary codes, but encoding covers many different standards beyond ASCII. Decoding is the reverse: converting those codes back into readable information. Binary is the actual sequence of 0s and 1s used inside computers, the underlying representation, not the act of converting data.