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Explain the difference between lossless and lossy data compression techniques.

as the name implies , a lossless compression technique is designed so that the original file exactly as it was . maximum comparisson possible is about 50% . lossless algorithms use some sort of replacing tec...
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Convert the following binary number into hexadecimal : 10111000

To convert a binary number into hexadecimal we first break the binary number into substrings of 4 binary numbers , in this case our binary number becomes 1011 | 1000 We then recall that hexadecimal numbers r...
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Outline the differences between how a compiler and an interpreter works, and explain the advantages and usage of of each [12 marks]

Compilers work by translating all the program code into source code (machine code) first, which is then ran by the computer. Alternatively, an interpreter works by reading and translating each line of code a...
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What is the difference between a compiler and an interpreter?

Both compilers and interpreters are used to translate high level programming languages to machine code. Compilers do this by converting all of the high level code into machine code before running the program...
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What is two's complement, and how do I calculate it?

Two's complement is one way negative numbers can be represented in Binary. In Decimal notation, we use a + or - sign to indicate whether it is a postive or negative number respectivly. Two's complement is a ...
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