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To have some fun or pass a quizJust follow this computer whizScooter Computer and Mr. ChipsThey've got the answers at their fingertips[Scooter:]Here I am and there you stand, such distance in betweenBecause I am a human and you are a machineHow can I communicate exactly what I meanWhen I am a human and you are a machineParlez-vous Francis?Habla espanol?[Mr. Chips:]I am a computer with so much in storeIf you could learn my language or I could speak in yoursThen I'd do more work for you than you could ever dreamThough you are a human and I am a machine[Scooter:]Ok, I'll give it a try[Mr. Chips:]First I hope you'll clear your mind and listen closely, ScooterSongtexteForget the words you thought you knew and start to think computerComputers change the letters and the numerals humans typeTo a number code made up of things that we call bits and bytes[Scooter:]Bits and bytes?[Mr. Chips:]Think computer, ScooterA byte is several digits all standing in a rowThey help present a letter or a number that you knowFor instance when you write an "A"This byte is what I seeAnd 00110011 is my way of saying "3"This bit is one little bit of a byte[Scooter:]I get it - bits and bytes are sort of a computer's alphabet[Mr. Chips:]That's right, but ABC and 123 isn't talkingHey, let's face itThat's why one language that we use is called computer BASIC[Scooter:]Computer BASIC?[Mr. Chips:]"Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code"BASIC is a language that most computers know, and once you start to speak it, communications flow. You use words and phrases - I use bits and bytes instead, and BASIC lets us understand what the other one just said.[Scooter:]So BASIC is a language that I can talk in human and you can talk in machine and we can understand each other.[Mr. Chips:]Yes, BASIC is the language you'll be using to feed in my data. It's also the language all my programs or software are written in.[Scooter:]Data, programs, software?[Mr. Chips:]Data is informationData means the factsIt's everything you store in meFor solving problems backA program means directionsThat tell me what to doHow to analyze my dataAnd find answers just for youAnd Software is just another name For all the instructions of programs that you feed me[Scooter:]Here I am and there you stand, we're closer than we seemThough I am a human and you are a machineI'll get a book on BASIC and as quickly as I canI will talk computer, and you will understandWe didn't do too badly, did we Mr. Chips?[Mr. Chips:]It was pretty amazing, Scooter Aus Songtexte Mania