In digital media, sound and light are converted into ______ ____.

• A. Vector Graphics
• B. Raster Images
• C. Binary Code (1s and 0s)
• D. .PICT

Answer: (C)

Digital data in media is stored and processed as binary code, a sequence of 0s and 1s. When sound is captured, an analog audio signal is converted by an analog-to-digital converter into digital samples, with each sample representing amplitude as a binary value. When light is captured, image sensors measure brightness for many pixels and convert those measurements into binary values as well. All of these measurements—whether they’re sounds or images—are then stored, transmitted, and processed as binary data. That binary language is what makes digital media interoperable across devices and software.

Recent formats like vector graphics or raster images describe how image data is organized, and a file type like .PICT is a container or format, but the actual fundamental representation used by digital systems for both sound and light is binary code.