U1 Digital Information Vocab

A way of representing information using only two options. 1

• Bit

• Sampling

• Binary

• Open Access

Online research output free of any and all restrictions on access and free of many restrictions on use, such as copyright or license restrictions

• Bit

• Sampling

• Binary

• Open Access

8 bits represent 1 _______

• nibble

• chunk

• byte

• smidget

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

• Round-off Error

• Data Compression

• Open Source

• Overflow Error

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

• Bit

• Sampling

• Binary

• Open Access

Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large

• Round-off Error

• Data Compression

• Open Source

• Overflow Error

programs that are made freely available and may be redistributed and modified

• Round-off Error

• Data Compression

• Open Source

• Overflow Error

Data with values that change continuously, or smoothly, over time.

• Digital Data

• Sampling

• Analog Data

• Decimal

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.

• Creative Commons

• Intellectual Property

• Open Source

• Open Access

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.

• Data Compression

• Lossless Compression

• Lossy Compression

• Sampling