Unit 1 - Digital Information Vocabulary

What is the term for the following definition? 'A way of representing information using only two options.'

• Binary

• Decimal

• Hexadecimal

• Octal

What is the term for the following definition? 'A contraction of "Binary Digit"; the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1.'

• Bit

• Byte

• Nibble

• Word

What is the term for the following definition? '8 bits.'

• Byte

• Nibble

• Word

• Kilobyte

What is the term for the following definition? 'A way of representing information using ten options.'

• Decimal

• Binary

• Octal

• Hexadecimal

What is the term for the following definition? 'Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.'

• Overflow Error

• Underflow Error

• Syntax Error

• Type Error

What is the term for the following definition? 'Error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise. The value is rounded.'

• Round-off Error

• Overflow Error

• Syntax Error

• Truncation Error

What is the term for the following definition? 'Data with values that change continuously, or smoothly, over time. Some examples of analog data include music, colors of a painting, or the position of a sprinter during a race.'

• Analog Data

• Digital Data

• Discrete Data

• Binary Data

What is the term for the following definition? 'Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values.'

• Digital Data

• Analog Data

• Continuous Data

• Random Data

What is the term for the following definition? 'A process for creating a digital representation of analog data by measuring the analog data at regular intervals, called samples.'

• Sampling

• Quantization

• Modulation

• Encoding

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

• Lossless Compression

• Lossy Compression

• Encryption

• Decompression