#2 Bits, Data and Binary Systems Flashcards
what were the two earliest computers?
ENIAC and UNIVAC
information in computers today are represented by _____
0’s and 1’s
what are 0’s and 1’s called
binary digits or bits
bits can represent: _____
decimals, alphabets, punctuation marks, color, images and sounds
what does 0 and 1 mean
fals and true respectively
what are boolean operations
the operations that manipulate a true or false value
what are the 4 main boolean operations
NOT, AND, OR and XOR
what is a gate
a gate is a device that computes a boolean operation
what are transistors
they are small electronic circuits that control the flow of current
where is data stored?
main memory and mass storage
full forms of: RAM, DRAM, and SDRAM
Random Access Memory, Dynamic Random Access Memory, Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
what is ASCII and UTF
American Standard Code for Information Interchange and Unicode Transformation Format - 8
