Representation of data in computer systems

This section investigates some of the ideas around data and how it is used in computer systems. These include the following areas:

          * basic units

          * switching between number bases: binary, decimal and hex

          * addition of binary numbers

          * codes and character sets

          * images

          * sound

          * instructions

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