APCSP Midterm

a group of interconnected computing devices capable of sending or receiving data.

• Computing Device

• Computing Network

• Computing System

• Computer

the series of connections between computing devices on a network starting with a sender and ending with a receiver.

• Path

• Computing Network

• Computing System

• Router

To focus on and use something based only on what it does and without concern for how that functionality is accomplished. Example: Simplifying multiple variables into a list.

• Function

• Abstraction

• Algorithm

• Iteration

A precise sequence of instructions for processes that can be executed by a computer and are implemented using programming languages.

• Abstraction

• Function

• Parameter

• Algorithm

Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values. For example: a picture of a painting.

• Data Abstraction

• Big Data

• Digital Data

• Analog Data

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

• Analog Data

• Big Data

• Digital Data

• Data Abstraction

The universally recognized raw text format that any computer can understand

• HTTP

• American Standard Code for Information Interchange

• Code

• Internet Protocol

It's the amount of data that can be transferred during a second.

• Byte

• Bit

• Latency

• Bandwith

a broad term for datasets so large or complex that traditional data processing applications are inadequate

• Analog Data

• Digital Data

• Large Data

• Big Data

A way of representing information using only two options.

• binary

• ASCII

• bytes

• HTTP