This week we finish the worksheet for Norton, Lesson 7: Transforming Data into Information, learning about the actual processing of a computer, how it represents data (bits, bytes, etc.), how it processes data into information, and the factors affecting processing speed (RAM, clock speed, etc.). We could finish this topic in the next two classes, in which case we will return to Turing in the last class of this week.
If you want some further information, here's a nice article explaining Unicode, an article at How Stuff Works on bits and bytes and a Wikipedia article on clock speed (clock rate).
There will be a test on Norton, Lesson 7 on Monday, Nov. 9.
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