Data representation

By Martin McBride, 2016-11-16

Categories: data representation binary sound text character imaging numbers

Data representation covers the following topics:

  • Binary - how computers use binary data.
  • Numbers - how numbers are represented in binary.
  • Characters - how characters and text are represented in binary.
  • Images - pixel and vector images.
  • Sound - how computers record and process sounds
  • Compression

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