Computer Science GCSE
Interpretation of raw data
What Interpretation of raw data means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Interpretation of raw data
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Using metadata so that software can make sense of raw data, which may otherwise be meaningless, such as knowing how many pixels wide an image is.
Topics that use Interpretation of raw data
- Data storage (OCR GCSE)
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