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Unit 1: Digital information

900 possible mastery points

About this unit

How can my laptop hold so much information? Learn how computers store information digitally by using the binary number system. You’ll also be able to explain how computers convert analog to digital data, and ways that they can compress data into manageable file sizes.

Level up on the above skills and collect up to 240 Mastery points
Level up on the above skills and collect up to 240 Mastery points
Level up on the above skills and collect up to 240 Mastery points
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Unit test

Level up on all the skills in this unit and collect up to 900 Mastery points!
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