1.1 Information representation

This section introduces students to number representation. Areas covered include:

          * Understanding and converting between numbering systems

          * Understanding how characters are stored and how character sets are used

          * Expressing a number in BCD and describing applications that use BCD

          * Being able to understand how graphics are represented in computers

          * Knowing how sound is used in computers

          * Knowing how video is used in computers

          * Understanding compression techniques.

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