This document discusses various methods of data representation in computers, including:
1. Numeric and non-numeric data types. Computers represent numeric data like integers and real numbers, as well as non-numeric data like letters and symbols.
2. Positional number systems like binary, decimal, octal and hexadecimal are used for efficient internal representation in computers. Conversion between different bases is also covered.
3. Fixed point number representation including signed magnitude, 1's complement, and 2's complement representations. Floating point number representation separates the mantissa and exponent is also discussed.