Binary Representation for GCSE Students

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Binary system

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system using only 0s and 1s

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Bit

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unit of data, 0 or 1

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Byte

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8 bits

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Nibble

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4 bits

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True or False: 1010 in binary equals 10 in decimal

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True

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Denary

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word for decimal (base 10)

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Place value in binary

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Double each time (1, 2, 4, 8, 16...)

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True or False: Computers store all data as binary

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True

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Character encoding

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Used to represent letters and symbols as binary.

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ASCII

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character set using 7 bits