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How
Bits and Bytes Work
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was starting to become redundant).
Site: How Bits and Bytes Work
(by
Marshall
Brain).
The link above takes you directly to bits and bytes. However, if you want to make a search
on different topics go to the main page.
http://www.howstuff.works.com
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/bytes.htm |
 | This is a really good, easy to understand, site. It is
part of the "How Stuff Works" series, which covers a vast variety of
topics (Sort of a "Everything about Everything for Dummies" Approach. It
is very well organized and easily navigated. As an example of the type of
information you might find, if you choose the "Bits" link, you will find
the description: "Computers happen to
operate using the base-2 number system, also known as the binary number
system (just like the base-10 number system is known as the decimal
number system). The reason computers use the base-2 system is because it
makes it a lot easier to implement them with current electronic
technology. You could wire up and build computers that operate in base-10,
but they would be fiendishly expensive right now. On the other hand,
base-2 computers are relatively cheap."
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| How Bits and Bytes Work : This
article gives an explaination on how bits and bytes can be converted from
decimal to binary and binary to decimal. The article also gives a brief
description of binary math and explains the just exactly how what it means
when someone uses the prefixes like kilo, mega, giga with byte. |
| A website for an easy way of understanding what bits and bytes are
and how they work: I thought that the
site was very useful and had lots of good information for those people who
don't understand what bits and bytes are. The site was very easy to
navigate and all links were in tact. I thought that the information given
on each subtopic was brief and to the point. At first I thought it was
going to go on for pages but I was done reading it in no time. This is an
excellent site if you just need to know the surface of bits and bytes and
do not have time sit down and read a whole book on the topic. |
| The Binary System: This webpage is a
tutorial on binary numbers that you to understand the basic concepts
behind the binary system. Subjects relate to: Binary addition,
Multiplication, Division, Conversion form Decimal to Binary and Negation
in the Binary System. The website is from www.howstuffworks.com the exact
reference was listed. The site is easy to navigate and all links seem to
work, a submittion for answers is also available. |
| How bits and bytes work: this is a very good sites for someone does do not understand what are bits and bytes, and how they work, it also has links to others sites if you want to know about another thing that you didn't understand in class |
| How bits and bytes work: It is interesting to know that one could wire up computers not only to operate in base-2, but also in base-10. What I remember from Dr. Kirs' lecture is that computers operate in base-2. But I didn't know computers could also operate in base-10, except that according to this website, these computers would be a lot more expensive. What I don't know and what this website doesn't tell you is about how expensive these base-10 computers would be. I would like to know the estimate price on these computers, so that I could get an idea...I'm curious.
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| How bits and bytes work: If you have used a computer for more than five minutes, then you have heard the words bits and bytes. Both RAM and hard disk capacities are measured in bytes, as are file sizes when you examine them in a file viewer. This is a great web page because it has a lot of information in bits and bytes.
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| How bits and bytes work: The website is great, you can find almost everything how modems, internet, ntworks, bites and bytes work and so on.
Besides , it even helps you to learn how to program in C
,C++, Java and other languages , it guides you step by step and also explains you the logic behind the code or structure of this programs. Furthermore, this si8te has helped for other classes like finance and economics because you can look for any term lear what it menas and how it works. The page is really easy to navigate, and the language they use is not hard to understand and if you don't understand a word or a technical word there are links or those words are bolded so you can go and see the definition and then keep on reding the article. |
| This site is really help full if you want to know everything there is to know about bits and bytes. It’s very close to the notes or slides we get in class. If you are really confuse about bits and bytes I truly recommend this web site or even if you want to review what you already know and don’t mind spending 20 minutes looking though the notes this would be a good site to visit. Overall this web site delivers lots of information and is a good way to review what you all ready learned.
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| The website is great, you can find almost
everything how modems, internet, ntworks, bites and bytes work and so on.Besides , it even helps you to learn how to program in C,C++, Java and other languages , it guides you step by step and also explains you the logic behind the code or structure of this programs. Furthermore, this si8te has helped for other classes like finance and economics becuase you can look for any term lear what it menas and how it works. The page is really easy to navigate, and the language they use is not hard to understand and if you don't understand a word or a technical word there are links or those words are bolded so you can go and see the definition and then keep on reding the article. |
| This is a good introduction site with information on the basics of Bits & Bytes, which then goes into detail of binary math, ASCII, etc.
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| Gives complete descriptions of how bits and bytes work, gives explanations to problems and other valuable information to understand bits and bytes. |
| The article talks and provides a lot of useful information about how bits and bytes works on a computer. On the topic specifically on how bits and bytes works on a computer the article provided examples and explains how bits and bytes where founded and also explains how to change from binary to decimal systems and the other way around too. |
| This website was very useful because it explains step by step on how Bits and Bytes work. |
| Explains how the bits and bytes work in detail. |
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Site: How Bits and Bytes Work
www.computer.howstuffworks.com/bytes2.htm |
| It is interesting to know that one could wire up computers not only to operate in base-2, but also in base-10. What I remember from Dr. Kirs' lecture is that computers operate in base-2. But I didn't know computers could also operate in base-10, except that according to this website, these computers would be a lot more expensive. What I don't know and what this website doesn't tell you is about how expensive these base-10 computers would be. I would like to know the estimate price on these computers, so that I could get an idea...I'm curious.
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| I didn't know that a computer could be build to operate in base 10. It would be very expensive though. What this website doesn't tell you is how expensive a base 10 computer would be. I would like to get an idea of more or less how much it would cost. I think it would be interesting to know. |
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Site: How Bits and Bytes Work
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/bytes3.htm |
| This is a great web page because it has a lot of information in bits and bytes.
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| This website explains what Bits and Bytes work by breaking it down and giving you examples of how to add them
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| Site:
http://www.essortment.com/hobbies/electronicsques_seon.htm |
| Electronics questions: how bits and bytes work
This site provides another view of how bits and bytes are the building blocks of computer information. |
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| Site:
http://www.is.wayne.edu/mnissani/cs/How Bytes and Bits Work.htm |
| How Bytes and Bits Work
I like the site because it explains how to
work Decimal Numbers, bits, Bytes and more about Binary. |
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| Site:
http://newbieclub.com/bytes/?byhb |
| You're a bright, curious, even intelligent sort who doesn't want to
get taken by Internet con artists, or any other thief for that ... ","This
site is great for beginners, or individuals that just need basic info. For
example, the web site talks about the difference about Bits and Bytes and
other topics. It’s simple and to the point without confusing you or giving
you terminology that would give you a migraine headache. They make it
simple for you to understand and navigate the web site. If you’re a
beginner you will enjoy this web site. For the veterans out there, this
web site might be too simple for your taste. They also have a chart that
comes in handy. It breaks down what the name is and the size. (For
example, A Bit is 1 bit, zero or a one). The downside of this web site is
that there is not enough information provided for free. You will need to
buy their book, listed at $49.95. They do have a secure web site to place
your order online. Their membership is free for those who are interested
in receiving a newsletter. To become a member of the club, you will have
to fork out some cash. The basic information is there, but don’t expect
more without giving up some money.","Jesse R. Hernandez |
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| Site:
http://members.aol.com/wbox/bitbyte1.htm |
| Bits and Bytes : I found this 6 page
website via internet, and found it quite easy and simple to understand.
The name of the website is called bits and bytes. This website briefly
introduces Read Only Memory (ROM) and RAM. It then goes and explains the
number of bites in a byte and how the on and off works as possible
combinations. This website also shows the binary counting for which it is
not necessary to run a computer. At the righmost position , if on it is
worth 1 and the next position to the left is worth 2 and so on. the
compute uses bytes to represent numbers, but it also represents letters,
numbers and punctuation marks in the english language. The system call
American Standard Code for Information (ASCII) is a code number that was
assigned to each number and letter. With ASCII any character can be
represented. Bytes can also be used for instructions or programming as long
as they are not coded bigger than 256, which are stored as bytes, groups of
8 ons and offs. |
| This website provides an introduction to bits, bytes, kilobyte, and megabyte. They also provide a complete ASCII code chart that anyone can use as a reference. This website has a great tutorial in the numbering system. They explain how the numbering system works in binary, decimal (Denary), Hexadecimal, and octal; furthermore, this website teaches you how to convert binary to decimal. They have a complete tutorial in the binary system. This website also has tutorials in HTML and web design, C programming, and small talk programming.
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| The site gives detailed information on almost everything about bits and bytes. |
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Site: Bits & BytesTutorial
http://www.cknow.com/tutorcom/term06_bitsbytes.htm |
| This is a good information website for additional information on bits and bytes. |
| The content of this article is similarly outstanding. The author clearly possesses a depth of expertise in the subject matter as well as an aptitude for straightforwardly communicating complex nuances of meaning to a casual audience. |
| This page is pretty good it explains what we reviewed in class and also has some info we didn't cover. |
| I learned about bits and bytes in the past, but nobody has ever explained binary numbers in terms of light switches. Thinking about it in terms of light switches makes allot of sense. 0 is off and 1 is on. |
| Explains how demicals match up to binary, and explains kilobytes and megabytes.
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| Its a simplestice explaination of how bits & bytes work. It does provide information on the sizes about gigabits. Good start for people who may not understand the idea of binary. |
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| Site:
http://www.romulus2.com/articles/guides/misc/bitsbytes.shtml |
| Bits and Bytes Reference: This website commences by providing a brief introduction to what a bit and byte are. It, moreover, provides an example of a light switch to illustrate how electricity passes through open and closed bits. Even though this website may seem beneficial, I would not entirely recommend this website for the following reasons. First of all, the information contained in this website is minimal. Secondly, the author of the webpage displayed too many charts that are not, in my estimation, relevant to the class at this point in time. In sum, this website only presents a succint overview of bits and bytes. |
| The content of this article is similarly outstanding. The author clearly possesses a depth of expertise in the subject matter as well as an aptitude for straightforwardly communicating complex nuances of meaning to a casual audience.
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| Site:
http://mtl.math.uiuc.edu/non-credit/compconn/bits/index2.html |
| Binary Information :The follwing
website gives information on what bits and bytes are and how they are
used. Also located on the site is a Number Adding Computer in which you
can add up binary numbers which will provide you with its decimal
representation. There are a lot of illustrations that you can mess around
with and learn how binary numbers are used. This site was easy to use and
provided a good amount of information. |
| Binary Information (Bits and Bytes): I found this website extremely helpful. I enjoyed the way the website approaches the information and how it delivers it. The context is simple and easy to comprehend. The website illustrates how binary numbers work by using light bulbs similar to our instructor’s lectures. It gives the unique byte for each Latin character which will come in handy for the first quiz. This website takes you step by step on how to add binary numbers with the “Carry Method” and shows you how the computers does it. What I found most beneficial from this website is the hands on feature. If you consider yourself as a hands on learner, this site is for you. |
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| Site:
http://www.speedguide.net/conversion.php |
| SG Bits/Bytes Conversion Calculator
This website has a calculator that allows you to convert between bits and bytes. Its very simple to use all you do is fill in the bits blank and the calculator will convert to bytes, Kb, KB, Mb, MB amongst others. It also provides a link to a quick reference on bits and bytes in case you need some information on them.
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Site: Digital Data
http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lesson4-2.htm |
| This was a very basic website which consists of what exactly bits and bytes are. This includes an explanation of the parity bit. In addition, it defines the digital codes that we went over in the class lecture: ASCII, EBCDIC, and Unicode. I would have liked for the website to have gone more in depth, yet it does have many links to connect you to related information like character codes. |
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Site: Data Structures and Number Systems
http://www.ibilce.unesp.br/courseware/datas/data1.htm |
| The following address (http://www.ibilce.unesp.br/courseware/datas/data1.htm presents information about Data Structures and Number Systems. It has different topic that you can browse through. However, I found it interesting the way it explains bits and bytes. I was able to read about a nibble (a group of 4 bits -- 24) which will give you 16 possible combinations. In addition, the website describes the 0’s as least significant and the 1’s as the most significant value. I thought that was another way of calling them. Also, the website has several tables that help you understand the concept previously stated. I found the website useful to reinforce the material covered in class. |
| This is a very good web site that focuses on the basics of number systems. It also gives an introduction on ASCII, characters, strings, floating point numbers, arrayas, among other topics. This site proves to be a very useful source when learning to program. |
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