Data and program representation

How data and programs are represented to a computer?
Data in a computer system is represented in binary format, as a sequence of 0s and 1s, denoting 'off' and 'on' states respectively.
The smallest component of this binary representation is known as a bit, which stands for 'binary digit'..
What is data and program representation?
• Data refers to the symbols that represent people, events, things, and ideas.
Data can be a name, a number, the colors in a photograph, or the notes in a musical composition. • Data Representation refers to the form in which data is stored, processed, and transmitted..
What is data representation in programming?
Data Representation refers to the form in which data is stored, processed, and transmitted. • Devices such as smartphones, iPods, and computers store data in digital formats that can be handled by electronic circuitry..
Computer programs are sets of instructions.
Each instruction is translated into machine code - simple binary codes that activate the CPU.
Programmers write computer code and this is converted by a translator into binary instructions that the processor can execute._{May 8, 2023}
Data Representation refers to the ways utilised to represent information stored in a computer, as we've taught.
Computer data representation can store a variety of data, including discrete data such as numbers and letters and continuous data such as sounds and images.
They represent the data with numeric codes.

In computing, a single character such as a letter, a number or a symbol is represented by a group of bits. The number of bits per character depends on the

This forms a basis for describing data representation in digital computers using the binary number system. Data representation on magnetic media. The laser

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This repository contains the materials for the course entitled “CS 2150: Program and Data Representation” in the Computer Science Department at the

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This course is a second-year course for computer science majors

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What is the program and Data Representation course?

The course focuses on how programs and data are represented from the high level down to the low level

For programs, we examine (from high to low): abstract data types, Java code, C++ code, C code, assembly (x86) code, and a customized machine language