Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

A way of representing information using only two options

• Bit

• Binary

• Decimal

• Byte

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

• Bit

• Byte

• Binary

• Decimal

8 bits

• Bit

• Byte

• Binary

• Decimal

A way of representing information using 10 options

• Bit

• Byte

• Binary

• Decimal

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.

• Overflow Error

• Round-Off Error

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

• Analog Data

• Sampling

• Digital Data

Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values

• Analog Data

• Sampling

• Digital Data

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 without losing any information. This process is reversible.

• Lossless Compression

• Lossy Compression