CSA Unit 1 Flashcards
Output
information put out by the cimputer
Input
information being put into the computer
Storage
The space allocated for saving files
Computer
A machine that works with information
CPU
The Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer
GPU
The Graphics Processing Unit. Displays images on monitor
Hard Drive
Stores data
Motherboard
The nervous system of the computer. Information moves through it
Ram
Short term memory
Hardware
What your computer is built with
Software
OS or anything downloaded
bit
A bit of data
byte
A byte is a unit of storage
overflow
too much informatiopn. Cannot all be stored
rounding error
Computer rounds to get an easier number
Abstraction
reduces complexity
pixel
Displays a color
sampling frequency
How many pixels are in an image
anolog
digital
Made up of X amount of pixels to display an image
RLE
Color and run to make images
lossless compression
No data is lost
lossy compression
data is lost
Intellectual propertry
An idea owned by someone
copyright
Something owned by someone that cannot be replicated
