Lesson 6 of 8 · 6 min

Data representation and binary

Computers store everything as binary — 0s and 1s — like switches that are off or on. Text, numbers, images and sound are all encoded as binary. Eight bits make a byte; data is organised into tables and charts to make sense of it.

0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1

Everything is encoded in binary

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