Computer Science

a word used in front of a number to represent a multiple of that number

putting a sequence of characters into an agreed format

a measure of how much binary data a file contains

Text file size calculations

In this unit pupils will discover how letters, images, and sound are represented with 1s and 0s. They will also explore the factors that impact the quality of those representations, such as bit depth. They will become familiar with measurements of storage and converting between units of measurement.

Representation of text, images and sound

Put these quantities of bytes into order, smallest to largest:

How many bits does ASCII use per character?

Unicode uses more bits to represent characters

If a text file contains 100 characters, what is the file size in bits using ASCII encoding?

A text document has 50 characters. Calculate the file size in bytes when using 32-bit Unicode encoding.

What is a digit of a binary number that can only be 1 or 0 called?

matches characters to unique binary sequences

data that has been processed to provide meaning

a digit of a binary number that can only be 1 or 0

How many different characters can 7-bit ASCII represent?

What is the main advantage of Unicode over ASCII?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Text file size calculations

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.