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Representation and Computers
Computer systems are handicapped by non-uniform representation.
Memory hierarchy |
Communication hierarchy |
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| Information is represented in a uniform way in cache and RAM, but a different representation (files) is used on disk! |
Information is represented in a uniform way within computers†, but a different representation†† is used between computers! |
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| † Except on disk. †† Various bespoke communication protocols. |
