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Revision as of 15:33, 17 January 2020

Data Representation / Numbering Conversion / File Permissions

Main Objectives of this Practice Tutorial

  • Understand the importance of how computers store data (i.e. data representation)
  • Understand the purpose of decimal, binary, octal and hexadecimal numbers
  • Perform various numbering conversions between the decimal, binary, octal and hexadecimal numbering systems
    by hand without the use of a computer or calculator
  • Identify which numbering system conversion method to use when required to perform a numbering conversion
  • Understand directory and regular file permissions
  • Learn how to set directory and regular file permissions with the chmod command (symbolic and octal methods)
  • Learn how to use the umask command to have permissions for directories and files automatically set upon their creation

Tutorial Reference Material

Course Notes
 Numbering Conversion / File Permissions Reference
 YouTube Videos
Course Notes:


Data Representation
  • Definition
  • Decimal, Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal Numbers

Numbering Conversion

  • Binary to Decimal / Decimal to Binary
  • Binary to Octal / Octal to Binary
  • Binary to Hexadecimal / Hexadecimal to Binary
  • Octal to Hexadecimal / Hexadecimal to Octal
 File Permissions
  • chmod
  • umask

 Instructional Videos:
  • x
  • x
  • x
  • x

Why Study Data Representation?

Computers process and store information in binary format For many aspects of programming and networking, the details of data representation must be understood

C Programming – sending information over networks, files Unix / Linux – setting permissions for files and directories Web Pages – setting color codes

In terms of this course, we will learn how a simple decimal number (integer) is stored into the computer system as a binary number.

We will also learn other numbering systems (octal and hexadecimal) that can be used as a "short-cut" to represent binary numbers.




Numbering Conversion

x



File Permissions

x





INVESTIGATION 1: NUMBERING CONVERSIONS

x.

INVESTIGATION 2: FILE PERMISSIONS

x.

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