digital data Flashcards
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what is a bit
a unit of computer storage that is made up of 0s and 1s
what is a integer number
an integer number can be a positive or negative number also has no decimal or fraction parts
what is a real number
includes whole numbers and fractional numbers also can be positive or negative
what is a vector image
a vector image is made up of is made up of lines curves and shapes
what is a jpeg
joint photographic expert group files support the compresssion of an image
what are bitmap graphics
bitmap images are images made up of pixel if you scale a bitmap larger the more pixels there are
what is streaming
streaming allows a video to be viewed on a website without a time delay
what is a tiff
tagged image file format files store bitmapeed images
what is data portability
is the ability to transfer data from one computer to another
what is a PNG
Portable network graphics allow data compression of bitmapped images
what is pict
the standard file format for apple graphic
what is a GIF
Graphics interchange format supports bitmapped image file format animated Gifs combine a series of GIFs to make a short video
what is a TXT
a plain text document that contains no text formatting
what is a CSV
A comma seperated value file is a text format file used by database and spreadsheet applications
what is a RTF
Rich text format is used for text based documents such as word processing
what is a mp3
a file format for compressing sound
what is a mp4
similar to mp3 but a file format that compresses both sound and video
what is MIDI
musical instrument digital interface allows sound samples to be interchanged between different musical instruments
what is a MPEG
Motion picture experts group is a set of standards for compressing digital video
what is a AVI
Adio video interleaved is a multimedia file format
what is a PDF
portable document format is a file format that is read only the PDF file generated is usually smaller in file size than the original file
what is a WAV
windows audio waveform is a file format standard for storing an audio bit stream on PCs.
what is a WMA
windows media audio is an audio data compression file format
what is data compression
data comression is used to reduce file size and at the same time maintain the quality of the data contained in the file
what is lossy compression
compression mainly used on bitmap images and can’t
what is buffering
buffering downloads a part of the video
