Binary representation

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S NO Assessment statement Grade Teacher’s notes
1 Define the terms: bit, byte, binary, denary/decimal, hexadecimal.    
2 Outline the way in which data is represented in the computer.   To include strings, integers, characters and colours. This should include considering the space taken by data, for instance the relation between the hexadecimal representation of colours and the number of colours available. TOK, INT Does binary represent an example of a lingua franca? S/E, INT Comparing the number of characters needed in the Latin alphabet with those in Arabic and Asian languages to understand the need for Unicode.

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