Week 10 Reflection: What Does the Computer Actually Store?

Use your conversion work and decoding ledger.

Write 150 to 250 words, or record an equivalent explanation, responding to this prompt:

Why can the same underlying data be shown as binary, decimal, hexadecimal, or text without becoming more secure?

Include:

• one binary value
• its decimal or hex equivalent
• one example of an encoding
• why encoding is reversible without a secret key
• how hashing differs
• one later cybersecurity task where hex or binary will be useful

Finish with:

The representation changed when ________, but the security property did not change because ________.