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GCSE Student Booster - Images and Sound (Pre-event materials)
In this online session you will learn about how images and sound are represented by a computer, the session is aimed at GCSE students. The event discusses how the media is represented but also how to calculate file sizes. By attending this event, you will:
- describe how an image is represented as a series of pixels
- explain the term Metadata
- describe how colour depth and resolution impact image quality and file size.
- explain how sound can be sampled and stored digitally
- discuss the effect of sample rate, duration and bit depth on sound quality and file size
These materials are shared only with Isaac Computer Science Booster participants in accordance with the Isaac Computer Science Terms of Use policy here: https://isaaccomputerscience.org/terms?examBoard=all&stage=all
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