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M02.1 CONNECT THE MECHANISM

How a computer stores a picture or a sentence

The same eight on/off switches can be a number, a letter, or a dot of color. Learn how a computer knows which, and why "café" sometimes turns into "café".

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Lesson overview

The same eight on/off switches can be a number, a letter, or a dot of color. Learn how a computer knows which, and why "café" sometimes turns into "café".

What you’ll explore

  • Calculate a raw image’s pixels, channel values, and bytes, and explain how encoding and metadata determine their interpretation.
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Python documentation: Unicode, characters, and encodingsDive into Deep Learning: linear algebra
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