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Convert 56 (decimal value) into its binary equivalent

56 into binary56/2 = 28 remainder 028/2 = 14 remainder 014/2 = 7 remainder 07/2 = 3 remainder 13/2 = 1 remainder 1and only 1 is remainingWrite the remainders you found in order from step 6 to 1 = 111000Wr...

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Explain lossless compression.

Lossless compression is when an image or document is reconstructed in a more efficient way using an algorithm to rewrite it. No data is lost from the file despite the compressed version taking up less mem...

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Define resolution in regards to images and how it differs from colour depth

Resolution is the number of pixels in a given unit area (dots per inch). A higher resolution increases the quality of an image. Colour depth is the amount of memory stored by each pixel (number of bits pe...

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Convert the hexadecimal '3E', which represents a 2's compliment binary number, in decimal.

Firstly, represent the 316 and E16 as 2 four bit binary numbers (known as nibbles). Once we have this (0011 and 1110 respectively), we can then combine them back together, into one...

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What is recursion and why is it useful?

Recursion is when a named block of code (a subroutine or function) calls itself. We can use recursion to describe some algorithms in very few lines. For example, the following block of p...

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