How computer stored information?

Answer 1

Information is stored as ons and offs, represented as 1 for on, 0 for off

This is commonly known as binary (meaning two numbers).

Binary can form numbers, by combining 8 bits (smallest unit of memory, either 1 or 0) into a byte.

it works like this:

Each bit is given a number double the previous, and when that number is "on," it is added to the total.

so in a byte, we get

1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128

And we can represent any number up to 255 by switching various numbers on and off

Note; for numbers beyond 255, the doubling is continued into 16 or 24 bits.

for example, to represent 13, we need

1, 4, and 8 (1+4+8=13)

1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128

1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

To store text, each character is given a number. These character numbers are called ASCII (american standard code for information interchange)

For example, letter A has the number 35, so would be represented as 11000100

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Most of the time, computers store information on an internal hard drive. Varying in sizes, these hard drives can be hundreds of GB in size. All of your documents, photos, videos, everything is stored into this drive tucked away inside a laptop or personal desktop computer that you use every day.

Answer 3

The information is broken down into pieces, and each piece is represented separately.

Answer 4

In a Hard Drive...

By writing the data on to it...

Answer 5

Computer information is stored digitally

Answer 6

in form of BIT