AP CSP Vocab #1

A new or improved idea, device, product, etc, or the development thereof.

• Innovation

• Technology

• Improvement

• Protocol

A way of representing information using only two options.

• BInary

• Doubled

• Algorithm

• Hexadecimal

A contraction of "Binary Digit"; the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1

• Bit

• Character

• BInar

• BiDig

Transmission capacity measure by bit rate

• Brandwidth

• Latency

• Bit Length

• Transmission Rate

The number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. e.g. 8 bits/sec.

• Bit Rate

• Bit Speed

• Latency

• BPS

Time it takes for a bit to travel from its sender to its receiver.

• Latency

• Bit Rate

• Bit Speed

• BPS

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

• Protocol

• Guideline

• Packet

• Command

American Standard Code for Information Interchange; the universally recognized raw text

• ASCII

• USACII

• QWERTY

• IETF

Instructions for a computer.

• Code

• Comand

• Protocol

• Direction

Internet Engineering Task Force - develops and promotes voluntary Internet standards

• IETF

• IT

• MIT

• Net Neutrality