An ASCII (binary) encoded message is given below. Decode the message. (Hint: Follow a line-by-line sequence, not column-by-column.)

Question

1010100 1101000 1101001 1110011
1101001 1101101 1100101 0101101
1101110 1100111 0100000 1110000
0100000 1101001 1110011 0100000
1100011 1101111 1101110 1110011
1110010 1101111 1100010 1101100
1100001 0100000 1110100
1110101 1101101 1101001
1100101 1101101 0101110

Known quantities:
An ASCII (binary) encoded message.
Find:
Decode the message.

Answer 1

Analysis:
In order to decode the message
1010100 1101000 1101001 1110011
1101001 1101101 1100101 0101101
1101110 1100111 0100000 1110000

0100000 1101001 1110011 0100000
1100011 1101111 1101110 1110011
1110010 1101111 1100010 1101100

1100001 0100000 1110100
1110101 1101101 1101001
1100101 1101101 0101110
it is necessary to have a table available that lists the ASCII code characters and their corresponding binary representation. Table entries are typically shown in matrix form and can be readily found from sources available electronically. Below, use is made of table entries to decode the first four horizontal entries above.
ASCII Binary Alphanumeric Character
1010100 T
1101000 h
1101001 i
1110011 s
The sequence of 33 binary characters is decoded as (written in the same way that the binary input is presented). Note that the binary 0100000 corresponds to space so that every time that this entry appears, there is space in the text, as shown below.
T h i s
i m e -
n g p

i s
c o n s
r o b 1

a t
u m i
e m .