Memory and storage part two

Question 1

Characters and character sets

Answer 1

A character is defined as a list of characters recognised by the computer hardware and software. Each character is represented by a number

Question 2

Compression

Answer 2

Compression will produce the size of the file and it will be used because this makes it quite a to transfer The file, and use less space to store medium, so more files can be saved. Losee compression laces some data when the file is compressed. This reduces the quality but also significantly reduces file file size

Losee compression is used for pictures, sounds and videos and cannot be used for executable programs, files and documents. Lost less compression does not lose any of the data. When the file is compressed. Instead the data is included in a different way lost less compression is useful executable program files and documents and is less affective for pictures, sounds and videos