COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS
WHAT IS PROGRAMMING
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integer
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characters
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string
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Boolean
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Detailed explanation-1: -Integers, for example, can be represented in 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit or 64-bit. You, as the programmer, choose an appropriate bit-length for your integers. Your choice will impose constraint on the range of integers that can be represented.
Detailed explanation-2: -The integer data type represents a positive whole number or its negative value. Examples of integers are 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 .
Detailed explanation-3: -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, iPods, and computers store data in digital formats that can be handled by electronic circuitry.
Detailed explanation-4: -Types of data representation Computers not only process numbers, letters and special symbols but also complex types of data such as sound and pictures. However, these complex types of data take a lot of memory and processor time when coded in binary form.