Digital Data Flashcards

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What is Data?

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Unprocessed facts or figures that, on their own, have no meaning

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What is information?

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When data is entered into a computer system and is processed, it becomes information, or ‘data with meaning’

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In what format does the computer store data?

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Binary Format

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1 nibble = ?

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4 bits

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1 byte = ?

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8 bits

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1 kilobyte= ?

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1024 bytes

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1 megabyte= ?

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1024 kilobytes

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1024 megabytes=?

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1 Gigabyte

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1024 Gigabytes=?

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1 Terabyte

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What is the Data type numeric

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An integer number that can be positive or negative

An integer number that has no decimal or fractional parts

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Explain the Data type Date/Time

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Long date: displayed as Sunday, April 1, 2018.

Medium date: displayed as dd-mmm-yyyy, e.g. 1-Apr-2018.

Short date: displayed as dd/mm/yyyy, e.g. 01/04/2018.

Long time: displayed as HH:MM:SS, e.g. 13:26:34

Medium time: displayed as HH:MM PM/AM, e.g. 01:26 PM

Short time: displayed as HH:MM, e.g. 13:26

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Explain the Data type Character/String

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A character is a single letter or digit represented by the codes from the character set.

A string is textual data in the form of a sequence of characters.

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What is a pixel?

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A smallest unit of a digital image that can be displayed and edited on a computer screen

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What is Image resolution

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Represents the quality of an image
More pixels = higher quality

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What is a Bitmap Image?

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Made up of Pixels

Stores details about every pixel on the image

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Advantage of Bitmap

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Can be compressed which reduces file size

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Disadvantage of Bitmap

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Storing every pixel means that file size is large

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What is a vector image?

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stores information about the components that make up a image

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What is Streaming?

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Streaming allows a video to be viewed on a website without needed to download it

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What is Buffer?

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When the user if watching a part of a video, a buffer is used to download the next part of the video

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What is sample rate?

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Number of audio sample captured per second to represent the sounds digitally

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What is Bit depth?

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The number of bits used for each sound sample

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What is Bit rate?

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The quantity of data measured in bits that is processed in a given amount of time.

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Explain Analogue to Digital Conversion

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An analogue signal is a continuous varying signal that represents a physical quantity.

An analogue to digital converter (ADC) will sample a signal at regular time intervals.

Samples are then converted to digital format.

The frequency at which samples are taken is known as the sample rate, measured in Hertz (Hz).

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What is Data Portability
Data portability is the ability to transfer data from one computer to another or from one software application to another without having to re-enter the data.
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Expand JPEG
Joint Photographic Expert Group
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Expand TIFF
Tagged Image File Format
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Expand PNG
Portable Network Graphics
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Expand GIF
Graphic Interchange Format
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Expand CSV
Comma -separated-value
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Expand RTF
Rich Text Format
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Expand MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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Expand MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group
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Expand AVI
Audio Video Interleaved
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Expand PDF
Portable Document Format
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Expand WAV
Waveform Audio File
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Expand WMA
Windows Media Audio
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Explain Data Compression
Data compression Used to convert digital data to as small a size as possible while still maintaining the quality of the data contained in the file; allows data to be sent over the internet with acceptable transmission speeds
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Explain Lossy Compression
Reduces the file size by removing some data, such as reducing the number of colours used in an image.
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Explain Lossless Compression
Maintains the quality of the file, therefore no data is lost.