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Not OP, but 255 and 0xFF represent the same data, but the representation is not the same. Same for A and 65 in ascii by example. Edit: typo.
by makapuf 6y ago
Not OP, but 255 and 0xFF represent the same data, but the representation is not the same. Same for A and 65 in ascii by example. Edit: typo.
- cpeterso 6y agoso same bit patterns, different meaning?
- Doxin 6y agoI could draw an A on a piece of paper and it'll have the same meaning too. There's a near infinite amount of ways to "encode" the letter A. Same thing goes for any data. the more complex the more ways to represent that data. Importantly none of the representations are A. A is a concept and doesn't exist as a real tangible thing in the way paper, bits, or other encodings do. The map is not the terrain.