Data Representation

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What type of information can people store in their brains?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

How are computers different than a human brain?

What values can computers store?

As electricity flows through a single wire, the signal can be either on or off. To a computer "on" has the value of ???

• 0
• 1

Each on/off value is called a ______?

• on
• bit
• bi

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NGSS.MS-PS4-3

How many bits make up 1 byte?

• 2
• 4
• 8

We use a system based on 10 called the decimal system. Computers use a system based on 2 called _________.

• decimal
• bit
• binary

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NGSS.MS-PS4-3