What does the bit pattern 1110011 mean?

The 7-bit ASCII code 1110011 translates to lower case “s.” 0110011 is the ASCII code for upper case “S.” ASCII is short for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It is a 7 digit code introduced in the early 1960s to standardize communication between computers and teletype machines. In 1981, thanks to IBM, the personal computer first saw the use of ASCII code.
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