Bit Patterns (Edexcel GCSE Computer Science)
Revision Note
Written by: Robert Hampton
Reviewed by: James Woodhouse
Bit Patterns
What is a bit pattern?
A bit pattern is a collection of binary numbers
Everything in a computer has to be stored as a series of 1s and 0s
The way the computer interprets the numbers determines the outcome
Examples of this include
Representing ASCII characters
A hexadecimal value
An image
Examples
Binary Value | Process | Output |
|---|---|---|
01000001 | ASCII Character Set | A |
01000001 | Hexadecimal Conversion | 4 1 |
01000001 | B&W image using 1 bit per pixel | 8 pixels |
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