Basic Data Types

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Fall, 2008

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2.000	How do you add binary numbers?
2.050	What happens when we add ASCII characters together?
2.075	What is the difference between characters and Integers?
2.090	How do we store numeric values?
2.100	How do we convert from decimal to binary?
2.140	How do we convert from binary to decimal?
2.160	What is Octal, and why is it important?
2.180	What is Hexadecimal and why is it important?
2.200	How are characters stored?
2.220	How do we store integers larger than 255?
2.260	How do we store negative integers?
2.300	What is complementing?
2.320	What is two's complement?
2.340	Which is better: One's or two's complement?
2.360	Are characters stored with a sign-bit?
2.380	What are unsigned integers?
2.400	What components are needed for real numbers?
2.440	How do we deal with issues of precision?
2.480	How do we deal with issues of magnitude?
2.520	What's more important: precision or magnitude?
2.540	How are bits distributed between each of the real number components?
2.600	How do we determine the range of real numbers?
2.650	What if I need real numbers with greater precision or magnitude?
2.900	How can we summarize all of the basic data types?
2.995	What questions should I be able to answer?

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