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To us humans, data is raw facts or figures.
To a computer, data means nothing since a computer is not a sentient being with intelligence but a marvelous and complex machine which is made up of billions of switches.
Data is stored as a binary code, i.e. as a series of 0's and 1's.
Different encoding schemes are used to decide how text, audio, graphics etc are to be stored as binary data.
Data can be present in a computer in different forms.
In a hard disk, data is stored in the form of orientation of particles of the magnetic material that makes the surface of its platters.
In RAM modules, data is stored as the state of flip flops. One state is used to represent 1 and other one to represent 0.
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What is the greatest threat to the data stored on a personal computer?
Viruses, probably (if you're talking about software)
What Hardware devices that allow the computer to accept the data for processing?
this question is obscure. you may want to re-phrase it. If you are talking of input devices, then:keyboardmousemicrophonewebcamgraphics tabletIf you are talking about what goes between the input devices and the computer's processor, it is a type of software called a driver. This decodes binary data into data processable by the CPU
How do you get something back if you delete it on iPod?
If it is an app you can get the app again, but if your talking about data if you backed it up to your computer you should be able to find it on your computer
Which unit of CPU controls the processing activities?
Assuming the CPU you're talking about is the computer itself, the Microprocessor processes the data on the computer, it is also known as the CPU.
How do you xxplain the term interface in computer science?
It depends on whether you are referencing to hardware or software. When talking about hardware, it is a place where a piece of hardware can connect to another. When talking about software, interfaces provide access to data or computer resources, such as memory.
How much space on a computer does downloading Fusionfall take?
Which fusin fall the one i think you are talking about takes 3.5 gig bites on the computer under app data.
What does a double bar graph compare in two sets of data?
When you are talking about data that is not continous. When you are talking about data that is not continous.
What is the Image or data on the computer called?
It depends on what exacly you are talking about and image can range between a ghost image, just a picture or an ISO image and when you ask data if your talking about what makes up all data on any thing that can proccess including computers there data is lots and lots of binary code usally 1s and 0s is where they all start.
What is the name of the power saving mode that stores data to a computer's hard drive instead of to its memory?
a flash drive No, not a flash drive....he is talking about the hibernate functionality
How should you configure a portable computer to ensure that the computer stores data in memory before it shuts down?
It depends a windows vista laptop or you could be talking about a 1970's mac.
Compare scientific computers to large business computers?
scientific computers can be any computer that can record data, usually large business computers are data transferring and data storage computers, unless your talking about office workers, then that's a different story. scientific computer are mostly used to crucnch data information as mathematics and formulas. Large or main frame comuters are to collect data and storage of data.
From which type of store can a computer get its data most quickly?
Technically, the computer gets its data from the RAM faster than any data storage technology available. HOWEVER if you are talking about storage data, than it would have to be the ridiculously expensive FDD or Flash Disk Drive, with data transfers of over 100MB's a second for the more outrageously priced models. These are hampered by the fact that the largest FDD you can get is 128GB at this point in time.
