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The document discusses binary, the base-2 numbering system computers use to represent information. It defines binary, bits, bytes and other units of measurement. It also covers binary addition, conversions between binary and decimal, and logic gates.

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Computer Science

The document discusses binary, the base-2 numbering system computers use to represent information. It defines binary, bits, bytes and other units of measurement. It also covers binary addition, conversions between binary and decimal, and logic gates.

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computer science revision!

What is Binary?
Binary describes a numbering scheme in which the two possible values for each
digit is either 0 or 1. A bit is the smallest unit of data. Binary is the only language
the computer understands.

Continuing:

➔ Computers are not human


➔ They run on electricity, that means they have to use electricity to represent
info.
➔ Electricity has 2 states. On and off, (no dormant.)
Glossary
Binary: Base 2 number system. Uses digits and 1,0 Unicode: A character set that uses 16 bits
only. to store 65535 characters.
Denary: Base 10 number system. Uses digits 0-9. Boolean logic: Boolean is one of the main
Pixel: Picture element. It is a single point within a data types in computer. Boolean logic
reflects the binary logic of logic gates and
bitmap image.
transistors in a computer's CPU.
BIT: Binary Digit. A single value of either 0 or 1.
Logic Gate: AND, OR, NOT A logic gate is an
ASCII: American Standard code for information elementary building blocks of a digital
interchange. A character set that uses 7 bits to circuit.
store 128 characters.
Truth Table: A diagram of the outputs
Extended ASCII: A character set that uses 8 bits to from all the possible combinations of
store 256 characters input.
Units of Measurement
0 or 1 - A bit
8 bit - 1 byte
1 nibble - 4 bits, (half a byte.)
1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte (kb)
1024kb= 1 megabyte (mb)
1024 mb = 1 gigabyte
1 byte = 1 character of text
1 terabyte = 1000 gigabytes
1 megabyte = 1,000,000 bytes
Binary Addition Rules:
0 1 0 1 1
+0 +0 1
+1 +1 +1
—- —--
—- —--- —---
0 1
0 1 carry
1 but 1
carry 1010
1 +1001
—------
10011
revise incase!
conversions:
Denary to binary: E.g: 177

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1

It’s about adding up, which


numbers fit in and which don’t!
conversions:
➔ E.g,
Binary to denary:
10001101

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1

128+13 = 141
thank you for doing my course!

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