Exercise 1.

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1. Traditional methods of representing data include:
a. Filing systems (manually sorting and storing single
pieces of paper)
b. Catalogues systems (data is stored on lists, in some sort
of order eg. Library)
c. Journals and ledgers (amounts are recorded in columns
in a special book to keep record of transactions.)
d. Microfiche (data is photographically transferred to a
transparent sheet of film, 200 photos on one sheet.
e. Printed media (data is stored on paper in the form of
newspapers, magazines and books.

4. Byte is the basic unit of measurement for digital data. When

used to represent text, a byte stands for a single character,
such as a letter.
5. Data is represented on computers by only two digits (0, 1)
because they are easily represented electronically by circuits
in the computer being either or off.
6.
a. 2Mb = 2000000b
b. 160Kb = 160000b
c. 3000000b = 3Mb
d. 4Gb = 4 000 000 000b
e. 560Mb = 560 000Kb
f. 8000 = 8Mb
7. The ASCII and the EBCDIC are two commonly used coding
methods for digital data.
8. The 7-bit ASCII has 128 different characters representing a
code each.
9. Extended ASCII bytes were creates because extra characters
had been brought in including non-English characters, graphic
symbols and mathematical symbols.
10. B = 1000010
m = 1101101
11. $ = 24
DEL = 7F
12. g = 10000111
? = 01101110
13. @ = 7C
7 = F7