Chapter 7: Representing Information Digitally Flashcards
1
Q
What is a bit?
A
the information produced in one PandA observation
2
Q
What is PandA?
A
Presence and Absence
3
Q
How do we determine the number of possible patterns from a number of bits in sequence?
A
You solve for 2 to the power of n bits. This will give you the number of possible patterns.
4
Q
What is the binary number system?
A
It is the the way that computers represent information, using 0 and 1. Or representing numbers in base 2
5
Q
What does the hexadecimal system use?
A
Base 16 [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F]
