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Topic: IT question: separation of binary patterns

Anonymous f177078886fd2c59f006b21cd3ca60e9 started this discussion 2 months (2008-10-12 15:18:27 UTC) ago:

i want to understand every detail of computers, so i ask these strange questions sometimes.

if data is encoded as binary values,
how are patterns usually separated?

for example the separation of the contents of two files, or two commands stored on a harddisk.
i wonder, because a separating pattern could occur in the data pattern and confuse an interpreter.

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Anonymous 109d05eeac687cf2931504c5c8e38ca8 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-12 15:32:46 UTC) ago, 14 minutes later (#68,901):

Separating patterns are usually like a preamble. If your talking a micro computer processor, usually this consists of 32-64 1's which would than be decoded as a new incoming transmission. I only think this because this is how networks work, you get a preamble before a new set of data which is a constant flow of 1's.

Anonymous f177078886fd2c59f006b21cd3ca60e9 (OP) replied with this 2 months (2008-10-12 16:10:32 UTC) ago, 38 minutes later (#68,911):

i see
now you could count the bits and stop with a specific count, then wait for a new preamble.
interesting. i will think about that. thanks for your answer

Anonymous 7c1418c21fa59e69ef12ff9bed9c3466 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-13 20:40:04 UTC) ago, 1 day later (#69,352):

Dude. everything is pointers. think about it. When you're computer turns on, it looks at a predetermined area for pointers to where boot information si stored, and from there it looks for points to files that tell it what to load specifically. files are similar; all pointers unless specific memory is called for.