CSP Unit 1 Vocabulary

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

• Bit:

• Digital Data

• Lossless Compression

• Open Access

8 bits

• Lossless Compression:

• Bit

• Byte

• Analog Data

Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.

• Digital Data

• Sampling

• Lossless Compression

• Overflow Error

Error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise. The value is rounded.

• Bit

• Lossy Compression

• Sampling

• Round-off Error

● 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.

• Byte

• Sampling

• Analog Data

• Creative Commons

Data that changes discreetly through a finite set of possible values

• Sampling

• Digital Data

• Byte

• Open Access

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

• Analog Data

• Binary

• Decimal

• Sampling

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

• Bit

• Lossless Compression

• Intellectual Property

• Open Source

● 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.

• Lossy Compression

• Binary

• Decimal

• Open Source

● A way of representing information using only two options.

• Binary

• Round-off Error

• Byte

• Bit