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Chapter 4 (Pt. 1) Flashcards

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1
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What are the fundamental building blocks of all computer systems?

A
  • Binary Represenation
  • Boolean Logic
  • Gates
  • Circuits
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How are numeric and textual information represented?

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Two types of information representation

  • External Represenation
  • Internal Represenation

Binary represenation is a base-2 positional numbering system.

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How do we convert from binary-to-decimal?

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  • Whenever there is a 1 in a column, add the positional value of that column to a running sum
  • Whenever there is a 0 in a column, add nothing
  • The final sum is the decimal value of this binary number.
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What are the preset limiations to binary storage?

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Maximum number of binary digits that can be used to store integers: 16, 32, or 64 bits.

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Define:

Arithmetic Overflow

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Operation that produces an unasigned value greater than 65,535; 16 bit system.

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What is the alternative name to the base 8 system?

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Octal Numbering Sytem

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How do you convert from binary to base eight (vice versa)? from base ten to eight (vice versa)?

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To covert from binary to base eight: group in threes.

To convert from eight to binary: expand in threes.

From ten to eight: use binary as the intermediate.

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What is the alternative name for base sixteen?

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Hexadecimal Numbering System

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How do you convert from binary to base sixteen (vice versa)? from ten to base sixteen (vice verse?

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To convert from binary to base sixteen: group in fours.

To convert from base sixteen to binary: expand in fours.

To convert from base ten to sixteen use binary as an intermediate.

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How are fractional numbers represented in binary?

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Can be represented in binary by using signed integer techniques; assigned a specific bit(s) as indicators for decimal or cutoff.

Normalize the number

  • First significant digit is immediately to the right of the binary point
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How is scientific notation represented in binary?

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  • ±M x B±E
  • M is the mantissa, B is the exponent base (usually 2), and E is the exponent
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How is textual information encoded in binary?

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Code mapping

  • Assigning each printable letter or symbol in our alphabet a unique number

ASCII

  • International standard for representing textual information in the majority of computers
  • Uses 8 bits to represent each character.
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Describe encoding systems.

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  • Encoding systems are used to assign a number for each letter or character
  • There are many possible encoding systems, with each one using its own assignment
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What are certain pitfalls of different enconding systems?

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  • Any given computer needs to support different encodings
  • When data is passed between different encodings or platforms, the data runs th risk of corruption.
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Define:

Unicode

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  • An international encoding standard for use with different languages and scripts.
  • Each letter, digit, or symbol is assigned a unique numeric value that applies across different platforms, program and languages.
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Why is unicode so beneficial?

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  • Unicode standard has been adopted by industry leaders
  • Unicode enables a single software product or website to be targeted across multiple platforms, languages and countries without re-engineering.
  • The Unicode consortium was founded to develop, extend and promote the use of the Unicode Standard.
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What are the different types of encoding?

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UTF - 8

  • Variable byte representation
    • 1 byte to 4 bytes per code point
  • First 128 characters are encoded just like ASCII

UTF - 16

  • Variable byte representation
  • 2 bytes to 4 bytes per code point
  • Optimized for languages residing in the 2 bytes character range

UTF - 32

  • Fixed width byte representation
  • 4 bytes per code point
18
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How are characters assigned numbers in unicode?

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Characters are assigned a number written in the U+XXX form.

  • Called a Code Point
  • Example: U+0041
  • The numbers are hexadecimal
    • Listed on the Unicode website
  • Hellow is represented by a list of points
    • U+0048 | U+0065 | U+006C | U+006F
19
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What are the differences in enconding between different versions of python?

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Python 2

  • Enconding is ASCII
  • Not all python 2 internal supports Unicode

Python 3

  • ”< type ‘str’ >” is a Unicode Object
  • All built-in modules support Unicode
  • Default enconding is UTF-8, not ASCII
20
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Define:

Digital Representation

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Values for a given object are drown from a finite set.

21
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Define:

Analog Representation

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Object can take on any value

22
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What does amplitude measure?

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It measures loudness

  • Units: Electrical Voltage
23
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What does period measures?

A

Time it takes for the wave to make on complete cycle

  • Units: Time (Seconds)
24
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What does frequency measure?

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Total number of cycles per unit time

  • Units: Hertz (Hz)
25
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Define:

Sampling Rate

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Measures how many times per second we sample the amplitude of the sound wave.

26
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Define:

Bit Depth

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Also known as Sampling Precision; the number of bits used to encode each sample.

27
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Define:

MP3

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Most popular and widely used digital audio format

  • wave files also exist but less popular.
28
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Define:

Scanning

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Measuring the intesity values of distinct points located at regular intervals across the image’s surface.

29
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How qualitative are CD recordings?

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  • Sampling rate: 44,000 times per second
  • Lower sampling rate produces distortions detectable to the human ear.
30
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What role do bit-systems play in bit depth or sampling precision?

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  • 1 byte (8 bits) can represent 256 levels (28 levels)
  • 2 byte (16 bits) can represent 65,536 (216 levels)
31
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How is the resolution of an image determined?

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The density of pixels used to represent the image

32
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If you were to superimpose a grid on an image, how would you store the information of the image?

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  • Only store one color of information for each square of the grid.
  • For a given image, more squares increases the resolution.
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Which are the common units of resolution?

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  • Dots per inch (example: 72 dpi)
  • Pixels: (example: 640 x 480 pixels)
34
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Define:

Raster Graphics

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  • Each pixel is encoded as an unsigned binary value representing its gray scale intensity
  • Individual pixels can be edited
  • Number of bits used for each pixel affects image quality and amount of memory needed to store the image.
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Define:

RGB Encoding Scheme

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Most common format for storing color images

Specify the red component, the green component and the blue component separately.

True Color

  • 24-bit color-encoding scheme
  • 8 bits per color (Red, Green, Blue)

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