Q: Why did the committee consider a 8 bit code?
A: Since perforated tape at the time could record eight bits in one position, it also allowed for a parity bit for error checking if desired.:217, 2365 Eight-bit machines (with octets as the native data type) that did not use parity checking typically set the eighth bit to 0.
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