Physics A-Level
Binary representation
What Binary representation means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Binary representation
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A sequence of 0s and 1s can encode a number or sample value, with each binary digit corresponding to a power of two.
Topics that use Binary representation
Related terms
- Analogue and digital signals
- Analogue data collection
- Automatic and remote monitoring
- bit depth
- Bit rate
- Number of bits per sample
- Potential divider circuits
- Quantisation
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