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Calculating quantised sample values from sequence

I have the following question from a past exam: And the following slide from the notes: Using the available data, I know the scale factor equals 212 and the quantisation level is 4 bits. I am ...
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Decoding a binary message with LZW dictionary

I have the following exam question for a multimedia exam in college and I have absolutely no idea where to start. I know how the decoder algorithm should work but I have no idea how to do it on ...
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Is there a difference between pure binary and binary?

In some books and on the internet I occasionally find "pure binary" and "binary" on its own, is there a difference between these two terms? If so, can someone describe briefly what they are?
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What are two's complement integers?

Can someone explain in plain English what "two's complement integer" means? I read this: in Java long is a 64-bit signed two's complement integer
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Reconstructing files from binary

Popular view tells us that any kind of information is just a collection of bits, that is zeroes and ones placed in a particular order. I was thus having this thought. Suppose that I have some kind of ...
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Jamming signal useless in CSMA / CD?

I'm looking at collision detection in communication protocols, in particular Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD). According to what I've read on Wikipedia, a collision ...
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Polynomially related lengths under two different encodings

I'm reading through "Computers and Intractability: A guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness" by Michael R. Garey and David S. Johnson, p. 20 and I came across this ...