Data Representation

By Suresh Chand

 Important Questions

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.Devices such as smartphones, ipodsand computer store data in digital formats that can be handled by electronic circuitry.

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Digitization is the process of converting information, such as text, numbers, photo, or music, into digital data that can be manipulated by electronic devices.

The Digital Revolution has evolved through four phases, beginning with big, expensive, standalone computers, and progressing to today’s digital world in which small, inexpensive digital devices are everywhere.

Introduction

Data stored in different kinds

  1. Numeric (0,1,2..9)
  2. Alphabetic (A, B, C…Z)
  3. Alphanumeric
  4. Special Characters

All of them is represented in terms of 0s and 1sAnd their unique combinations

Our discussion is focus on following number systems

  1. Decimal number
  2. Binary number system,
  3. Octal number system, and
  4. Hexadecimal number system

Base or Radix

Base / RadixName
2Binary system
8Octal system
10Decimal system
16Hexadecimal system

NUMBER SYSTEM

Face value

Face value of a digit in a number is the value of the digit itself. Wherever it appears.

Place value/Position Value

Place value of a digit in a number is the value of the digit where it to appear.

Eg

1. 768534, find place value and face value of 5 in given no;

Face Value of 5 is ; 5

Place Value of 5 is; 5*100= 500

2. 0.03721; find place value of 3.

Another way;

The Place Value/Position value of a digit is 【BasePosition

In 768534 Place Value/Position valueof 5 is = 102–>5*102

A number in a particular base is written as 【(number)base of number】For example, (23)10 means that the number 23 is a decimal number(345)8 shows that 345 is an octal number.

A. Decimal Number System

It consists of 10 digits number—0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

probably the most commonly used number system

All number in this numbering system are combination of 0-9 digits

Represented by base or radix 10/ base 10 number system

Position3210-1-2-3
Position Value10310210110010-110-210-3
Quantity10001001011/101/1001/1000

B. Binary Number System

The binary number system consists of two digits—0 and 1.

All binary numbers are formed using combination of 0 and 1.

All number in this numbering system are unique combination of 1s & 0s

Represented by base or radix 2

Position3210-1-2-3
Position Value232221202-12-22-3
Quantity84211/21/41/8

C. Octal Number System

The octal number system consists of eight digits—0 to 7.

All octal numbers are represented using these eight digits

Also called“oct”in short, is the base-8 number system

Position3210-1-2-3
Position Value838281808-18-28-3
Quantity51264811/81/641/512

D. HexaDecimal Number System

The hexadecimal number system consists of sixteen digits—0 to 9, A, B, C, D, E, F, where (A is for 10, B is for 11, C-12, D-13, E-14, F-15).

All hexadecimal numbers are represented using these 16 digits.

In short “hex”

Base 16 Number System

Position3210-1-2-3
Position Value16316216116016-116-216-3
Quantity40962561611/161/2561/4096

 

DecimalBinaryOctalHexadecial
0000000
1000111
2001022
3001133
4010044
5010155
6011066
7011177
81000108
91001119
10101012A
11101113B
12110014C
13110115D
14111016E
15111117F

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Signed And Unsigned Number

 

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