Digital Media Lecture 0: It’s all just bits! Georgia Gwinnett College School of Science and Technology Dr. Jim Rowan

Refer to Supplemental text: It’s all just bits!

Refer to the captured lecture Lecture 0: It’s all just bits! Using HexFiend software to look at the types of media used in this class

Main points All computer files have binary codes underlying them There is more than text in a file –There are control codes –There are headers Headers contain information that is used by the software that is opening the file Images have image size, for instance