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Number or character?

Number or character?

Comparison of storing the number 42 as one 8-bit pure binary value and the text characters '4' and '2' as two character codes

A decimal digit can be stored as a numeric value or as a character. The denary value 42 stored for calculation is a number, but the text '42' is two symbols that each need a character code.

Information coding systems Lesson

  1. AS Level
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /Information coding systems

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