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+title: "01-bits-and-bytes"
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+- cosc204
+- lecture
+---
+
+# What is data
+- A fact — a piece of information
+	- corresponds to discreete facts about phenomena from which we gain information abou the world
+- The concept of a *value* is fundamental to data
+	- e.g., 25, $356.00, April, "this is a sentence", colours etc
+- Vaues are abstract, they are interpretations of data
+	- There are many way of storing the same data
+	- e.g., 12, twelve, XII, 1100, · ··, ·----··---
+
+# How computers represent data
+- In Binary
+- Stored in one of two states, true/false, 1/0, on/off, voltage/no voltage
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