087. AQA A Level SLR12 Bit patterns and data
About this video
AQA Specification Reference
AS Level 3.5.6.1
A Level 4.5.6.1
In this video we look at the concept that a bit pattern is simply a string of 1's and 0's, and that, without any context it could represent many forms of data including numbers, text, graphics and sound.
Key questions:
- What is a bit pattern?
- Why can you not tell what a bit pattern represents simply by looking at it?
00:00 Bit patterns and data
00:06 Intro
00:11 The humble bit
00:26 Random-access memory (RAM)
00:38 Hard disk
00:49 Optical disks
00:57 Solid-state storage
01:06 Bit patterns
02:53 Key questions
03:04 Outro
Last updated: 04.09.25
