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Data Representation
5.8. Further reading

Data Representation

  • 5.1. What's the big picture?
  • 5.2. Getting started
  • 5.3. Numbers
  • 5.4. Text
  • 5.5. Images and Colours
  • 5.6. Program Instructions
  • 5.7. The whole story!
  • 5.8. Further reading
    • Useful links

This puzzle can be solved using the pattern in binary numbers: http://www.cs4fn.org/binary/lock/.

This site has more complex activities with binary numbers, including fractions, multiplication and division.

5.8.1.

Useful links

  • Basics of binary numbers
  • Representing bits using sound
  • Hex game
  • Thriving in our digital world has good illustrations of data representation
  • How a hard disk works
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