Representation of information

Data – It is meaningless and is raw fact as number, character etc. like count of items sold.

Information – It is meaningful and processed data like which product sells most.

Binary Number System – It uses two symbols to represent data, i.e. 0 and 1 and its base is 2.

Memory Size (Bit, Byte, KB, MB) –

UnitEqualsUnitEquals
1 Bit0 or 1 1 KB1024 bytes
1 Nibble4 bits 1 MB1024 KB
1 Byte8 bits 1 GB1024 MB

ASCII – Computer stores data in a coded form usually the American standard code for information technology (ASCII) is used, which can represent 256 different symbols by using 8 bits.

Units of a computer system
Basic Operations of a Computer – Input, Process and Output

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