Computer ScienceCode 2210
Text, sound and images
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Understand why and how text is represented in a computer, and the part played by character sets, including Unicode and American standard code for information interchange (ASCII)
- Understand why sound is represented in a computer and how this is done, including what difference sample rate and sample resolution make
- Understand the method and purpose behind a computer's representation of an image, including how resolution and colour depth affect the outcome