data representation

data representation

[′dad·ə ‚rep·ri·zen′tā·shən] (computer science) The way that the physical properties of a medium are used to represent data. The manner in which data is expressed symbolically by binary digits in a computer.

data representation

How data types are structured; for example, how signs are represented in numerical values or how strings are formatted (enclosed in quotes, terminated with a null, etc.).