Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Data Representation ..(Y)

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How does a computer represent data?
 *By using two unique binary digits 1 and 0 to  represent    the two states on and off.

     *A computer circuit represents the 0 or the 1      electronically by the presence or absence of an  electrical charge.

BIT
Is the smallest unit of data the computer can  process.
(Short for binary digit )
The number system has two unique digits, 1 (on)  or 0 (Off)
Represents an electrical state (on or off)

BYTE
A group of 8 bits (ex:11110000)
* Represents a single character such as a digit, a  letter, a punctuation mark or any symbol in  computer


     




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