Vocab pt1

A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or

accomplishing some end, especially by a computer.

• Electromagnet

• Feedback

• Flowchart

• Algorithm

A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and

changing smoothly over a given range, rather than switching

suddenly between certain levels.

• Analog to Digital

• Analog Signal

• Closed Loop System

• Electromagnet

Conversion of an analog signal to a digital quantity such as

binary.

• Analog to Digital

• Analog Signal

• Interface

• Input

A control system that considers the output of a system and

makes adjustments based on that output.

• Electromagnet

• Feedback

• Closed Loop System

• Data

Information encoded in a digital form, which is usually stored

in an assigned address of a data memory for later use by the

processor.

• Data

• Flowchart

• Interface

• Algorithm

A system of discrete states: high or low, on or off, 1 or 0.

• Feedback

• Electromagnet

• Digital to Analog

• Digital Signal

Conversion of a digital signal to its analog equivalent, such as

a voltage.

• Feedback

• Data

• Digital Signal

• Digital to Analog

A conductor wrapped around an iron core. The two ends of

the conductor are attached to a power source. When current

passes through the conductor, the iron core becomes

magnetized.

• Electromagnet

• Flowchart

• Interface

• Analog Signal

The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine,

system, or process (as for producing changes in an electronic

circuit that improve performance or in an automatic control

device that provide self-corrective action).

• Analog Signal

• Feedback

• Input

• Closed Loop System

A diagram that shows step-by-step progression through a

procedure or system especially using connecting lines and a

set of conventional symbols.

• Feedback

• Analog Signal

• Flowchart

• Algorithm