So ok, so far we've discussed that the world is analogue, and the computer is digital, but, you say... can we get back to pictures? Well, the fact is that image data is not only analogue in nature, it has many levels of complexity. With temperature, data can be measured in a linear … [Read more...]
Analogue and Digital Data
Let's not forget that computer data is digital: that is: it is a series of zeros and ones, and nothing else. It's a point easily forgotten. Computers, we know, have an extraordinary power to manipulate numbers at this digital level, which means (with a little number base work) they are perfect … [Read more...]