Nt1310 Unit 1 Assignment

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TASK 1
Begin your demonstration by explaining to your colleagues why computers use binary numbers to store data. All computers need to use binary numbers to update real time data therefore in a computer there are switches that turn on and off when it receives an electrical signal. The switches are called transistors. Each letter in a word file is represented by 1s and 0s this stores information. Hard drives use magnetic poles on the hard drives surface to store the information and represent the number 1s and 0s. Hard drives that are used now store bits short for bytes are stored in Nano sized magnetic areas. Furthermore this means the smaller the area the more information that can be stored.
II. Demonstrate how to write the following decimal
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HEXADECIMAL TO DECIMAL
(D) 16 Dx160 13x1 = (13)10
d) 111101
Binary to Hexadecimal
00111101 0011 1101 0011 = 3, 1101 = D so the answer is 3D in hexadecimal
Hexadecimal to decimal
(3D) 16 3x161 + Dx160 = 3x16 + 13x1 = (61)10
e) 100110
BINARY TO HEXADECIMAL
0010 0110 0010 = 2, 0110 = 6 the answer is 26 which is 26 in hexadecimal
Hexadecimal to decimal
(26)16 2x161 + 6x160 2x16 + 6x1 = (38)10 38 is the conversion from hexadecimal to
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