Crossing the boundary - analogue universe, digital worlds

Introduction

This course introduces the important distinction between our analogue world of colour, sound, taste and touch and the computer's peculiar binary world of digital entities. Concepts of the analogue universe in which we live and the digital world we create are explained. The way in which information, in the form of text, still and moving images, and sound can cross the boundary from the analogue universe into a digital world is explored.

This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Computing & ICT [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]