Computer Science (0984) 2023 - 1 Data Representation 1-2

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1-2 Text, Sound and Images

1-2-1 Understand how and why a computer represents text and the use of character sets, including  American standard code for information interchange (ASCII) and Unicode.

    • Text is converted to binary to be processed by a computer
    • Unicode allows for a greater range of characters and symbols than ASCII, including different languages and emojis 
    • Unicode requires more bits per character than ASCII

1-2-2 Understand how and why a computer represents sound, including the effects of the sample rate and sample resolution

    • A sound wave is sampled for sound to…

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