Digital Data Representing Data Flashcards

1
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Give the definition and examples of data.

A

Data is raw facts or figures that mean nothing for example 151216, 85748, AABBCCDD.

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2
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What is the difference between data and information?

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Information is data in context.

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3
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Give examples of data turned into information.

A

Data, Information
151216, 15th December 2016
85748, product number
AABBCCDD, grades in exams.

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4
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What are the units of data called?

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Bit, nibble, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte.

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5
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What is a bit?

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It is the smallest unit of data and is either a 1 or 0.

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6
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What is a nibble?

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A nibble is 4 bits.

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7
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What is a byte?

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8 bits or 2 nibbles. A caricature is represented by a byte.

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8
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What is a kilobyte?

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A kilobyte is 1024 bytes. Abbreviated to KB. Equivalent to 1024 caricatures on screen.

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9
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What is a megabyte?

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1024 kilobytes. Abbreviated to MB.

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10
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What is a gigabyte?

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1024 megabytes. Abbreviated to GB.

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What is a terabyte?

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1024 gigabytes. Abbreviated to TB.

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12
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Name the data types.

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Numeric, date time, character, string.

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13
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What are the 2 types of numeric values you can get?

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Integer and real.

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14
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What is numeric data type@

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A data type that contains numbers.

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15
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What is an integer?

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It is a whole number eg. 2, 7, 10, -23

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16
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What is a real numeric number type?

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A number that has a decimal place eg. 1.23, 5.36, -23.45

17
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What is date time numeric type?

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It allows a date to be stored.

18
Q

Give examples of date.

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18/12/2016, 18-12-16, 18th of December 2016

19
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Give examples of time.

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9pm, 9:00pm, 21:12:05, 23:00

20
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What is character data type?

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A letter, number and symbol are all characters.

21
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What is string data type also known as?

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Text of alphanumeric.

22
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What is string data type?

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It allows letters, numbers, punctuation marks and symbols to be entered.