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Despite its name, a computer does not spend most of its time ‘computing’. The French have a better name — an ordinateur. It is so called because a computer spends much of its time manipulating information — all kinds of information. Consequently, the way in which the information is represented in a computer is very important. Consider some examples.
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© 1982 I. R. Wilson and A. M. Addyman
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Wilson, I.R., Addyman, A.M. (1982). Data Types. In: A Practical Introduction to Pascal — with BS 6192. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06364-2_7
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