And Number Systems Copyright Brian Brown, 1984-2000. All rights reserved. Just as learning to design programs is important, so is the understanding of the correct format and usage of data.
All programs use some form of data.
To design programs which work correctly, a good understanding of how data is structured will be required. This module introduces you to the various forms of data used by programs. We shall investigate how the data is stored, accessed and its typical usage within programs. A computer stores information in Binary format. Binary is a number system which uses BITS to store data.