intro to data

Question 1

what is data?

Answer 1

information in an electric form that is stored in devices such as computers

Question 2

what is a bit?

Answer 2

a bit stands for binary digit and it is the smallest piece of info that a computer can store

Question 3

what is a transistor?

Answer 3

a tiny switch that controls digital signals- inside a computer

Question 4

what is a digital signal?

Answer 4

a type of electricity- either ON or OFF

Question 5

what is a circuit?

Answer 5

it is a combination of electrical wires & transistors as well as other things that can process binary

Question 6

what is positional number system ?

Answer 6

the location of digits tells us it’s value (used to figure out binary)

Question 7

what is place value ?

Answer 7

the numerical value that a number has by the value of its position

Question 8

what is base10

Answer 8

the normal counting system made up of 10 digits

Question 9

what is denary?

Answer 9

another word for base10

Question 10

what is base2?

Answer 10

base2 is binary- only 2 digits used

Question 11

what is binary?

Answer 11

another word for base2

Question 12

what is binary code?

Answer 12

how the computer understands binary

Question 13

what types of data are there?

Answer 13

numerical & personal

Question 14

what is 01110111 in denary/base10

Answer 14

119

Question 15

what is 48 in base 2?

Answer 15

00110000

Question 16

what are the binary numbers up to 16?

Answer 16

0 
1 
10
11
100
101
110
111
1000
1001
1010
1011
1100
1101
1110
1111
10000