Lesson 6 of 14 · about 10 min
Sound and video as numbers
Sound is a wave. Computers measure its height thousands of times a second and store each measurement as a number. Video is a fast flipbook of pictures plus sound.
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In this lesson you'll learn:
- Sampling
- Bit depth
- Analog vs digital
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