EXAM QUESTIONS WITH RIGHT VERIFIED
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decimal system - correct Answers -uses base 10, so the symbols 0 - 9 (i.e., 10 symbols) to
represent numbers.
Binary - correct Answers -a base 2 system, so you can represent any number you want using just
two digits: 0 and 1.
byte - correct Answers -Eight bits are placed together into a unit. is a unit of digital information
used in computing and telecommunications. Because of its size (8 bits), in most computer
architectures is the smallest addressable unit of memory.
octal - correct Answers -every value is represented with some combination of 8 digits (0-7) -
base 8.
hexadecimal - correct Answers -every value is represented with some combination of 16 digits
(0-9 and A,B,C,D,E,F) - base 16.
character representation - correct Answers -There are two common forms, ASCII (American
Standard Code for Information Interchange) and Unicode.
language translators - correct Answers -a program that takes one program, written in a high-level
language, as input, and creates a machine language program as output.
high-level languages - correct Answers -also called programming languages, which are a
vocabulary and set of rules for instructing a computer to perform certain tasks.
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