AP CSP Vocab Unit 1

A novel or improved idea, device, product, etc, or the development thereof.

• Innovation

• Idea

• Information

• Prototype

The answer to a question.

• Idea

• Information

• Innovation

• Answer

A way of representing information using only two options.

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

A group of 8 bits.

• Cluster

• Pod

• Bits

• Byte

An error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.

• Overflow Error

• Roundoff Error

• Syntax Error

• Logic Error

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

• Overflow Error

• Roundoff Error

• Syntax Error

• Logic Error

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

When we create simplified representations of something more complex.

Data with values that change continuously, or smoothly, over time. (ex. music, colors of a painting, or position of a sprinter in a race)

• Digital Data

• Analog Data

• Continuous Data

• Ready Data