AP CSP Semester 1 Midterm

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This term is a contraction for "Binary Digit." It's a single unit of information in a computer typically represented by 0 or 1.

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Bit

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The term for a set of 8 bits, usually written for ease of reading as 4 bits space 4 bits.

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Byte

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A set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices

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Protocol

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This is the maximum rate of data transfer measured in bit rate.

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Bandwidth

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The time it takes for a bit to travel from its sender to the receiver.

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Latency

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A number assigned to any item that is connected to the internet

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IP Address

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A computer that receives messages travelling across a network and redirects them towards their intended destinations based on the addressing information included with the message

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Router

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Small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information. Typically broken up into parts to be sent over the internet.

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Packets

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Provides reliable, ordered, and error checked deliver of a stream of packets on the Internet. TCP is tightly linked with IP and is usually seen as TCP/IP in writing

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Transmission Control Protocol

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This internet system converts the alphabetic names of websites into their Internet Protocol addresses

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Domain Name System