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An algorithm is a set of step-by-step instructions in a sequential manner to solve a problem. A flowchart
is a pictorial representation of an algorithm. A flowchart uses special symbols to represent each step.
An algorithm and a flowchart are the base to write a program. Let us learn more about algorithmic
intelligence and making programs.
Information Processing
We know that information is the processed data. The raw data is collected, filtered, sorted, processed,
analyzed, stored, and then presented in a readable format, called information. Information
processing involves acquiring, storing, analyzing, retrieving and displaying of information. Our
brain acquires, processes, and stores information. Processing of information is very important to
write an algorithm.
Left Brain Right Brain
Right side of body control Left side of body control
- Number skills - 3D shapes
- Math/Scientific skills - Music/Art awareness
- Written language - Intuition
- Spoken language - Creativity
- Objectivity - Imagination
- Analytical - Subjectivity
- Logic - Synthesizing
- Reasoning - Emotion
- Face recognition
Binary Representation of Information
Binary code is the fundamental form of the programming data that is directly interpreted by a
computer.
Computers store and process data and information using binary code in the form of digital 1s and 0s
inside the (CPU) and RAM. These digital numbers are electrical signals that are either ON (1) or OFF
(0). For example, 5 is stored as 00000101.
Binary numbers can be translated into text characters using American Standard Code for Information
Interchange (ASCII) codes to store information in the computer’s RAM or CPU. For example, the
binary code for ASCII uppercase A is 1000001.
ASCII is made up of 128 symbols in the character set. These symbols consist
of letters (both uppercase and lowercase), numbers, punctuation marks, special
characters and control characters.
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