How exactly does binary code work? - José Américo N L F Freitas
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Imagine trying to use words to describe every scene in a film, every note in a song, or every street in your town. Now imagine trying to do it using only the numbers 1 and 0. Every time you use the Internet to watch a movie, listen to music, or check directions, that’s exactly what your device is doing, using the language of binary code. José Américo N L F de Freitas explains how binary works.
An interesting feature of the UTF-8 encoding is that you can switch an uppercase letter to lowercase by switching the 5th bit. What would be the binary sequence associated with 't'? What is the number associated with this sequence?
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- Educator José Américo NLF Freitas
- Director Qa'ed Mai
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- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Addison Anderson
