CS Unplugged: Text Compression
Use the You Can Say That Again! offline activity to explore how a computer stores information as efficiently as possible. Support your teaching and learning with video clips and other related resources.
Additional details
Year band(s) | 7-8, 9-10 |
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Format | Web page |
Core and overarching concepts | Digital systems, Data representation |
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI8K02
Investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired and wireless networks including the internet
AC9TDI8K03
Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data using integers
AC9TDI10K03
Investigate simple data compression techniques
AC9TDI10P01
Develop techniques to acquire, store and validate data from a range of sources using software, including spreadsheets and databases |
Keywords | Data representation, Text compression, Recollection, File size, Data retrieval, Data storage |
Organisation | University of Canterbury, New Zealand |
Copyright | Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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