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HOW DOES COMPUTER
PROCESS DATA?
A computer is a digital
system that stores and
processes different
types of data in the
form of 0s and 1s.
What is Binary
• The binary numeral system, or base-2
number system represents numeric
values using two symbols (Numbers),
usually 0 and 1. More specifically, the
usual base-2 system is a positional
notation with a radix of 2.
Figure 1.0 Data Processing
Figure 1.1 Data Processing System
Figure 1.2 Data Processing
BIT = BINARY DIGIT
“There are ten types of people in the world:
those who understand binary and those who
don’t.”
Let’s Get Digital…
BIT = BI
BINARY DIGITT
ON (1)
OFF (0)
bit
BITS STORE DATA
BYTE
BYTE = BINARY
BI TERM
TE
8 bits = 1 byte
How can 2 digits represent
an infinite number of
values?
1 0
Using light bulbs to represent bits
1 1 1 1
8 4 2 1
CONVERT
1 1 1 1
8 4 2 1
(0x8) + (0x4) + (0x2)+ (0x1) = 0
0 0 0 0
8 4 2 1
(1x8) + (0x4) + (1x2)+ (0x1) = 10
1 0 1 0
8 4 2 1
168 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
CONVERSION OF A BINARY NUMBER INTO DECIMAL
1 1 1 0 = 14
8 4 2 1
Example
0101 = 5
8 4 2 1
Questions: