Chapter 2
How Computers Store Data: Notational Systems
If you don’t understand notational systems and character mapping, you’ll be baffled when dealing with network configurations, color settings, drive sizing, and most other IT topics. This chapter covers CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ Objective 1.1: Compare and contrast notational systems: binary, hexadecimal, and decimal notational systems, and data representation including ASCII and Unicode character mapping.
Foundation Topics
Binary
Binary notation is the fundamental building block of all computer operations and data storage. Binary uses only two digits: 0 (off) and 1 (on). Binary notation is also known as base 2 notation. Each character in a binary number equals a bit (binary digit). To count ...
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