1.1.3 Data Storage

Question 1

All data is stored in ________ format

Answer 1

All data is stored in binary format

Question 2

What is data that has a precise value that can be represented as a number?

Answer 2

digital data

Question 3

Text is also stored as binary numbers.
Each character is given a code number.
What is the name of the code system?

Answer 3

ASCII or UNICODE

Question 4

What tells the computer how to read a file?

Answer 4

The file format

Question 5

What are examples of data?

Answer 5

video
text/words
numbers
images
sounds

Question 6

All number values are processed as ______ _______ inside a computer

Answer 6

All number values are processed as binary numbers inside a computer

Question 7

One byte of storage can store all the whole numbers from _ to ___

Answer 7

One byte of storage can store all the whole numbers from 0 to 255

Question 8

To store numbers larger than 255, computers need more ______

Answer 8

To store numbers larger than 255, computers need more bytes