Data goes through the central processing unit which utilises main and cache memory to improve system performance. Peripherals use interfaces to communicate between the system and a connected device.
Computers can represent and store data as the following:
Processors can only understand binary. Ultimately, everything that is processed by a computer is handled in one of two states, 1 or 0.
Many devices such as hair straighteners or games consoles make use of the following symbols:
The number 1 represents on and the number 0 represents off.