CSP1_VocabQuiz1

What is a bit?

• A contraction of 'Binary Digit', representing 0 or 1

• A type of error in data representation

• A unit of data storage equal to 8 bytes

• A process of converting analog data to digital

How many bits are in a byte?

• 2

• 4

• 16

• 8

What is binary?

• A way of representing information using ten options

• A type of data that changes continuously over time

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something

• A way of representing information using only two options

What is decimal representation?

• A type of error from attempting to represent a number that is too large

• A way of representing information using only two options

• A way of representing information using ten options

• A process for creating a digital representation of analog data

What is an overflow error?

• A type of data that changes discretely

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something

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

• An error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise

What is a round-off error?

• An error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise

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

• A type of data that changes continuously over time

• A process for creating a digital representation of analog data

What is analog data?

• A type of error from attempting to represent a number that is too large

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something

• Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values

• Data with values that change continuously over time

What is digital data?

• Data with values that change continuously over time

• Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values

• A type of error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise

• A process for creating a digital representation of analog data

What is sampling?

• A type of error from attempting to represent a number that is too large

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something

• A process for creating a digital representation of analog data

• A type of data that changes continuously over time

What is lossless compression?

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information

• A type of error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something in which some information is lost

• A type of data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values