Computer Systems - representing data

Question 1

what base is binary

Answer 1

2

Question 2

what numbers are used in binary

Answer 2

0,1

Question 3

what is the range of numbers that can be represented by 8 bits

Answer 3

255

Question 4

formula for calculating data that can be represented

Answer 4

0-2^16 -1

Question 5

conversion table

Answer 5

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

Question 6

what is a mantissa

Answer 6

The Mantissa is the shortened representation of the actual number with a fractional part.

Question 7

what is the exponent

Answer 7

The Exponent is the number put up to the power of whichever number base is being used.

Question 8

what code is used to represent letters

Answer 8

ASCII

Question 9

ASCII uses how many bits

Answer 9

7

Question 10

decimal is base what

Answer 10

10

Question 11

8 bits

Answer 11

byte

Question 12

1024bytes

Answer 12

1kilobyte

Question 13

1024kilobytes

Answer 13

megabyte

Question 14

1024megabytes

Answer 14

gigabytes

Question 15

1024gigabytes

Answer 15

terabytes

Question 16

1024 terabytes

Answer 16

petabytes