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In this series I will explain the basics about hardware, software and a range of other topics
What are they? Bit stands for Binary Digit. Binary refers to the base 2 number system. Instead of the normal base 10 system used in everyday life. The bit is the smallest unit it can represent as a 1 or 0, true or false, or on and off. All computers ...
Simply Binary and Hexidecimal are different numbering systems. The numbering system we use in everyday life and math is base 10. 10 due to having the digits 0-9. There no innate reason to use base 10, we probably choose it as we have 10 fingers to co...
Boolean algebra is a branch of mathematics that deals with operations on logical values with binary variables. The Boolean variables are represented as binary numbers to represent truths: 1 = True or On and 0 = False or Off. This is also how they are...
Data Types and Variables All data in a computer is binary (1s and 0s). When we want to store words or letters we need to specify the types of data to allow a computer to know what the binary represents. For numbers, we use integers for whole numbers...
Case Your case is the physical structure and protection for the internal parts of the computer. The size of your case determines the biggest size motherboard and if it's possible to fix other components. Often Fans are included with the case but may ...
An overflow and underflow happen when we assign a value that is out of range of the declared data type of the variable. If the (absolute) value is too big, we call it overflow, if the value is too small, we call it underflow. The simplest overflow is...