- Question:
- How do you store information ?????
- As you recall from
your high school Physics class:
- There are 2 kinds of
stuff in the
universe:
- Matter
- Energy
So how can you store information using these stuff ?????
- There are 2 kinds of
stuff in the
universe:
- Information can be stored:
- Using matter
Example:
Explanation:
- When you write some information on paper (using a pen or pencil), the information is stored in matter
- Using energy
Example:
Explanation:
- When you "write" some information by tapping/flashing the encoding in Morse code, the information is stored in the sound/light wave (which is a form of energy)
- Using matter
- As you have been thought in
High School
in Physics:
- All things
in this world is
either matter or
energy
- (Matter can be coverted into energy and vice versa)
- All things
in this world is
either matter or
energy
- $64,000 question:
- Is information
- a form of matter or
- a form of energy ???
Or both ???
Answer: neither
- This is
information:
- But this is
not
information:
(it's gibberish
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Observation:
- Information is
not the
matter (or
energy)
itself !!!
- Information is represented by the arrangment of matter (or energy) !!!!
- Is information