
1.3 Data Representation 17
Here’s an interesting sequence of hexadecimal numbers. The first 32 bits of
every Java applet are:
1100 1010 1111 1110 1011 1010 1011 1110
Translated into hexadecimal, that binary number becomes:
CAFE BABE
1.3.3 Representing Characters with the Unicode Character Set
Java represents characters using the Unicode Worldwide Character Standard,
or simply Unicode. Each Unicode character is represented as 16 bits, or two
bytes. This means that the Unicode character set can encode 65,536 characters.
The Unicode character set was developed by the Unicode Consortium,
which consists of computer manufacturers, software vendors, the gov