Unit 1 Vocab

A way of representing information using only two options

• Binary

• Bit

• Byte

• Decimal

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

• Binary

• Decimal

• Bit

• Byte

8 bits

• Binary

• Decimal

• Bit

• Byte

Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large

• Overflow

  Error

• Round-Off

  Error

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

• Overflow

  Error

• Round-Off

  Error

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

• Analog

  Data

• Digital Data

• Sampling

Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values

• Analog

  Data

• Digital Data

• Sampling

A process for creating a digital representation of analog data by measuring the analog data at regular intervals called samples

• Analog

  Data

• Digital Data

• Sampling

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

• Lossless

  Compression

• Lossy

  Compression

• Intellectual

  Property

• Creative

  Commons

A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information. This process is reversible

• Lossless

  Compression

• Lossy

  Compression

• Intellectual

  Property

• Creative

  Commons