Computer Science Unit 1vocab

A binary digit usually in the form of 0 or 1

• BIT

• Byte

• abstraction

• pixel

8 bits

• byte

• analog

• metadata

• open source

Data with values that changes over time

• abstraction

• pixel

• analog

• power source

Data with values that changes over time

• abstraction

• pixel

• analog

• power source

Data that changes through a limited set of values

• overflow error

• digital

• byte

• Bit

A error from trying to make a number to big

• round off error

• analog

• sampling

• overflow error

Error from trying to make a number too precise. Value is too round

• round-off error

• lossless compression

• overflow error

• byte

A simplified representation of something more complex

• byte

• bit

• abstraction

• pixel

A process for making a digital representation of analog data by measuring other analog data called samples

• sampling

• byte

• round-off error

• bit

Small dots that make up images on compute displays 

• sampling

• pixel

• byte

• bit