Google IT Support Professional Certification - Course 1: Technical Support Fundamentals

Binary System - Answer - The communication that a computer uses, also known as a base-2 numeral system Byte - Answer - A group of 8 bits is referred to as a byte. Each byte can store one character, and we can have 256 possible values thanks to the base-2 system (2^8) Character encoding - Answer - Assigns our binary values to characters, so that we as humans can read them UTF-8 - Answer - Allows us to store a character in more than one byte Logic Gates - Answer - Allow our transistors to do more complex tasks, like decide where to send electrical signals depending on logical conditions What is the highest decimal value you can represent with a byte - Answer - 255 Abstraction - Answer - To take a relatively complex system and simplify it for our own use Hardware Layer - Answer - Made up of the physical components of a computer Operating System - Answer - Allows hardware to communicate with the system