Students learn about:

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•           character representation, namely:

            –          ASCII

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            –          hexadecimal

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•           integer representation, including:

            –          sign and modulus

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            –          one’s complement

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            –          two’s complement

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•           representation of fractions, namely:

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            –          floating point or real

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•           binary arithmetic, including:

            –          addition

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            –          subtraction using two’s                                             complement   representation

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            –          multiplication, shift and add

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            –          division, shift and subtract

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Students learn to:

•           convert integers between binary and          .               decimal representation

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•           interpret the binary representation of data

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•           recognise situations in which data can be             misinterpreted by the software

•           perform arithmetic operations in binary

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