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digital data Flashcards

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what is a bit

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a unit of computer storage that is made up of 0s and 1s

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what is a integer number

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an integer number can be a positive or negative number also has no decimal or fraction parts

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what is a real number

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includes whole numbers and fractional numbers also can be positive or negative

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what is a vector image

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a vector image is made up of is made up of lines curves and shapes

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what is a jpeg

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joint photographic expert group files support the compresssion of an image

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what are bitmap graphics

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bitmap images are images made up of pixel if you scale a bitmap larger the more pixels there are

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what is streaming

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streaming allows a video to be viewed on a website without a time delay

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what is a tiff

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tagged image file format files store bitmapeed images

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what is data portability

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is the ability to transfer data from one computer to another

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what is a PNG

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Portable network graphics allow data compression of bitmapped images

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what is pict

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the standard file format for apple graphic

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what is a GIF

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Graphics interchange format supports bitmapped image file format animated Gifs combine a series of GIFs to make a short video

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what is a TXT

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a plain text document that contains no text formatting

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what is a CSV

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A comma seperated value file is a text format file used by database and spreadsheet applications

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what is a RTF

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Rich text format is used for text based documents such as word processing

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what is a mp3

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a file format for compressing sound

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what is a mp4

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similar to mp3 but a file format that compresses both sound and video

12
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what is MIDI

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musical instrument digital interface allows sound samples to be interchanged between different musical instruments

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what is a MPEG

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Motion picture experts group is a set of standards for compressing digital video

14
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what is a AVI

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Adio video interleaved is a multimedia file format

15
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what is a PDF

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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

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what is a WAV

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windows audio waveform is a file format standard for storing an audio bit stream on PCs.

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what is a WMA

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windows media audio is an audio data compression file format

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what is data compression

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data comression is used to reduce file size and at the same time maintain the quality of the data contained in the file

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what is lossy compression

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compression mainly used on bitmap images and can’t

20
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what is buffering

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buffering downloads a part of the video

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