Unit 1 - Digital Information Vocabulary

A way of representing information using only two options. Fill in the blank: ________

• Binary

• Decimal

• Hexadecimal

• Octal

A way of representing information using ten options. Fill in the blank: ________

• Decimal

• Binary

• Octal

• Hexadecimal

A contraction of 'Binary Digit'; the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1. Fill in the blank: ________

• Bit

• Byte

• Nibble

• Word

8 bits. Fill in the blank: ________

• Byte

• Nibble

• Word

• Kilobyte

Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large. Fill in the blank: ________

Error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise. The value is rounded. Fill in the blank: ________

• Round-off Error

• Syntax Error

• Overflow Error

• Truncation Error

Data with values that change continuously, or smoothly, over time. Some examples of this type of data include music, colors of a painting, or position of a sprinter during a race. Fill in the blank: ________

• Analog Data

• Digital Data

• Discrete Data

• Binary Data

Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values. Fill in the blank: ________

• Digital Data

• Analog Data

• Continuous Data

• Random Data

A process for creating a digital representation of analog data by measuring the analog data at regular intervals called samples. Fill in the blank: ________

• Sampling

• Quantization

• Modulation

• Encoding

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

• Lossless Compression

• Lossy Compression

• Encryption

• Decompression