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How Computers Store Data Serially - Computerphile

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How does data get organised to be stored or sent serially? Matt Godbolt explains some of the encoding used in old devices like floppy disks. nb At around the illustration is inaccurate - when it show the binary numbers, the binary numbers actually occur at a switch of magnetic flux direction rather than being a result of the direction of the flux. Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
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