What is Data?
Introducing different types of data (numbers, text, images) and how computers represent them.
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Introducing different types of data (numbers, text, images) and how computers represent them.
Key Questions
- Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative data.
- Explain how a computer stores a simple image.
- Compare how humans and computers interpret information.
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