Data Representation

Data Representation

1. A bit is a single binary digit that is either a 1 or a 0

2. A nibble is 4 bits and is equivalent to a single hexadecimal digit

3. Byte is 8 bytes and can be used to represent any denary number from 0 to 255

4. kilobyte is a 100 bytes

5. megabytes is 1000 kilobytes

6. gigabyte is 1000 megabytes

7. terabyte 1000 gigabytes

8. binary is the number system we use to represent the data stored in a digital compter

9. hexadecimal is a base number system that we use to represent the data stored in a digital computer

10. bitmap is a method of representing images where a picture is divided up into a grid of pixals