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Created by: sahjan binning
Created on: 15-05-23 17:27

what does ASCII stand for?

american standard code for Information Interchange

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what is ASCII

7 bit character set containing 128 characters,
numbers 0-9 all upper and lower letters in the alphabet and some special characters,
the coding system for letters on our keyboards

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how do you create images with binary

by representing colours with digits
eg, black = 0
red = 1

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define these keywords
pixel
bit
bit map
bit pattern
resolution

pixel - the smallest part of an image that is on your screen
bit - 1 binary digit
bit map - an image made up of pixels
bit pattern - a sequence of bits (1s or 0s)
resolution - the number of pixels in an image

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does shifting right = divison or multiplication

division

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define the key phrases
string
int
float

string - word
int - whole number
float - decimal number

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what does iteration mean

this is where the code loops back and re joins the previous code

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what is a while loop

the code will be repeated as long as the conditions are true

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what is a variable

it holds a single value

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what is ASCII

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7 bit character set containing 128 characters,
numbers 0-9 all upper and lower letters in the alphabet and some special characters,
the coding system for letters on our keyboards

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how do you create images with binary

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define these keywords
pixel
bit
bit map
bit pattern
resolution

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does shifting right = divison or multiplication

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