Computer systems do not understand human instructions, nor can they perceive real-life data in its raw form. Therefore, computer systems require a way to store and represent information in an accessible way. They use software and hardware components combined to help retrieve information, store it, manipulate it, and convert it back to a human-accessible format. If you want to learn how computer systems perform complex tasks such as storing and manipulating textual data, videos, music, images of your cat, and much more, this course is meant for you.

Information Representation in Computer Systems

## How is data stored in memory?
To store one bit of data in memory, we use a circuit, called a latch, that remembers or stores the previous input unless it is reset. We can create such a circuit in many different ways, shown below.

# How is data stored in memory?
To store one bit of data in memory, we use a circuit, called a latch, that remembers or stores the previous input unless it is reset. We can create such a circuit in many different ways, shown below.

In this lesson, you will learn how to store one bit and eight bits of data in memory.

Computer basics

Hardware and Software Components of a Computer

Data Representation in Python

Image, Audio, and Video Representation in Python

Data Compression

Storage Unit

How is data stored in memory?