For all practical purposes. Computer science. 4

United States, 1986

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Creating codes Developing the concept of binary codes, introduced in the previous episode, this program looks at some of the different codes which can be devised, including ASCII which is a 7 bit code, the Laplacian pyramid which is used for encoding pictorial images and the Hamming code, which enables computers to overcome random errors.

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Credits

producer/director

Lance Wisniewski

production company

Chedd-Angier Productions

COMAP

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304624

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Management

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computer arithmetic

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computer science

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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