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1 Different types of data Hamish gully

2 Different types Machine data types All data in computers based on digital electronics is represented as bits (alternatives 0 and 1) on the lowest level Boolean type The Boolean type represents the values: true and false. Although only two values are possible, they are rarely implemented as a single binary digit for efficiency reasons. Many programming languages do not have an explicit boolean type, instead interpreting (for instance) 0 as false and other values as true. Numeric types The integer data types, or "whole numbers Enumerations This has values which are different from each other, and which can be compared and assigned, but which do not necessarily have any particular concrete representation in the computer's memory; compilers and interpreters can represent them arbitrarily.

3 Storage Usb Floppy discs Hard drive Phones

4 Transmitted All types of information - whether a text, a conversation, or a photograph - are transmitted in the form of bits (1s and 0s of computer code). As data enters the network, the stream of bits representing a message is divided into a series of short sections or "packets". A "label" is attached to each packet indicating its final destination, and its place in the message as a whole. As it travels through the network, each packet passes through a series of specialised computers known as "routers". Each router decides which is the most efficient path for the packet to take on the next stage of its journey. This decision is taken on the basis of the router's understanding of network connections and loading patterns at the moment of the packet's arrival at the router. The process is then repeated at each router the packet passes through.


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