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Sep 18, 2026 27 min

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 10:45 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/computerphileThis 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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