Unit 1: Digital Information - Vocab

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Intellectual Property

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A work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a piece of writing or a design, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, trademark, etc.

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Creative Commons

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A collection of public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work, used when an author wants to give people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that they have created.

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Lossless Compression

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A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information. This process is reversible.

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Lossy Compression

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A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something in which some information is lost or thrown away. This process is not reversible.

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Convert the decimal number 156 to binary.

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10011100

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How many bits are required to represent the number 512?

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10

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Sampling

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A process for creating a digital representation of analog data by measuring the analog data at regular intervals called samples.

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Analog Data

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Data with values that change continuously, or smoothly, over time. Some examples of analog data include music, colors of a painting, or position of a sprinter during a race.

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Digital Data

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Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values.

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Convert the decimal number 75 to binary.

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1001011