Book 1 - Chapter 1.1 - Programming

Question 1

What is a bit?

Answer 1

A binary digit which is either 0 or 1

Question 2

What is a bit pattern?

Answer 2

A sequence of bits, eg 01001000001101101.

Another word for a bit pattern is a datum.

Question 3

Describe 3 definitions of a data type

Answer 3

It is a method of interpreting a bit pattern.
It defines which operations can be carried out on which but patterns.
It specifies the number of bits allocated to each datum.