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What does memory act as?
Acts as a temporary storage for all program instructions and data
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To access an instruction or data, we use what?
To access an instruction or data, we use a memory address.
A memory address simply identifies a location in memory
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Computer store data in ____. What does it mean?
- Computers store data in binary.
- This means that every piece of data and instruction is fundamentally the same.
- It also means that, for humans, it is very difficult for us to understand – theoretically though we could program a computer using binary – it would just take a very long time.
- Solution: Use another base and convert as necessary
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if the decimal system is base-10, what is the range of digits used?
Digits are from 0 to 9
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What base is the binary system? What digits are used?
- -Binary system is base-2
- -Digits are from 0 and 1
- -Binary system is used in computers to store data (a digit or BIT is on or off).
- -BIT = Binary Digit
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If we have 8 bits, how many possible combinations of values are there?
if we have 8 bits, we can have 256 combinations (28 = 256, which is also the corresponding value in binary 1 0000 0000)
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The highest binary value is called what?
The lowest binary value is called what?
We should also note convention
- The highest binary value is called the Most Significant Bit (MSB).
- The lowest binary value is called the Least Significant Bit (LSB)
- The meaning depends on how many bits are being used
- Whether the MSB is on the left or the right depends on the system, so it’s not straight forward
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How do we convert a binary to a decimal?
What is 1010101010 in binary?
We can also convert a binary value using this rule, we simply add up all the values corresponding
Example, if we had the binary value 1010101010, we can determine the decimal value
- 512 + 128 + 32 + 8 + 2 = 682
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