Smart Nation CityScape Codebreaker

Smart Nation CityScape - Codebreaker Hint

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Here’s a hint to help you decode the hidden message!

What is programming language?

A programming language is made up of a series of symbols that allow humans to translate our intentions into instructions that computers can understand.

Are you able to spot a 33-digit code on the large screen?

This is an example of a programming language called ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange). As computers can only understand numbers, the ASCII code is the numerical representation of characters such as ‘a’ or ‘@’. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices.

Use this table to translate the code on the big screen to text. Enter the translated text onto the touchscreen panel for a surprise.

Have fun!

 ASCII (Dec)   Character   ASCII (Dec)   Character 
 35  #    
 65  A  97  a
 66  B  98  b
 67  C  99  c
 68  D  100  d
 69  E  101  e
 70  F  102  f
 71  G  103  g
72  H 104 h
 73  I  105  i
 74  J  106  j
 75  K  107  k
 76  L  108  l
 77  M  109  m
 78  N  110  n
 79  O  111  o
 80  P  112  p
 81  Q  113  q
 82  R  114  r
 83  S  115  s
 84  T  116  t
 85  U  117  u
 86  V  118  v
 87  W  119  w
 88  X  120  x
 89  Y  121  y
 90  Z  122  z