Data Representation

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Cambridge IGCSE Computing (Data Representation) Flashcards on Data Representation, created by rwc.carlton on 22/01/2015.
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Data Representation representing data within computer systems is done by turning switches on and off
Binary all data is represented by 1s and 0s (on and off) in computers
Denary Counting system humans use Base 10
Hexidecimal Used to read binary as 16 bit of data can be represented by a single character Base 16
Images Made of an arrangement of pixels Pixels are stored in binary Higher the resolution the better the picture
Sound Stored as binary Sample the analogue to store a digital representation of the original sound Higher the sampling rate the higher the quality
Bit 1 or 0
Nybble 4 bits
Byte 8 bits
Kilobyte 1024 bytes
Megabyte 1024 kilobytes
Gigabyte 1024 megabytes
Terrabyte 1024 gigabyte
Petabyte 1024 terabytes
Exabyte 1024 pentabytes
Zettabyte 1024 exabytes
Yottabyte 1024 zettabytes
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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