Bytes and File Sizes

Activity 1:  Download this word file and the plain text file. They contain the same text information: Download each of these documents then view them in your download folder - you can then right click on each file to view the Properties so you can compare the two files.

1) Check the size of each file. Mac: Ctrl+click and choose “Get Info”

2) What do the files contain? What do you notice?

3) Why do you think this is the case?

Activity 2: Complete the Teams Assignment 1. Bits and Bytes

Work through the activities. This may be a useful resource.

Grok Learning - Representing Data 

Please complete the first module of Cryptography to develop a python practice in representing text as numbers