Data Representation Terms

Question	Answer
Compilers	A software application that converts source code to object code
Operand	Binary instruction that tells the CPU what to apply the operation to
Machine code	A low-level language that represents how computer hardware and CPUs understand instructions. It is represented by binary numbers.
High level language	A high level language is one that allows the programmer to write code that is fairly independent of the processor hardware it runs upon.
Unicode	An industry-standard character set that can represent 128 different characters.
Resolution	Word to describe the detail of a digital image
Program counter	A register within the CPU that records the current instruction being executed
Register	The section of high speed memory within the CPU that stores data to be processed
Binary	A number system in base 2 that only contains two digits, 0 and 1
Hexadecimal	A number system in base 16 that uses 16 characters from 0-9 and A-F

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	Created by Joe Bailey almost 9 years ago