Lesson 1.1: Data Representation Flashcards
The quantities, characters or symbols on which operation are performed by a computer, which may be stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical or mechanical recording media.
Data
Data arranged in a systematic way then it gets structure and become meaningful.
Information
Data representation deals with the generalization of data in terms of _____? A _____ is a set.
Type
The elements of a set are called the _____ of the type.
Value
Is a representation of the logical relationship among individual elements of data.
Data structure
The most common of all data structures and supports variable indexing of information.
Array
Also considered as classic data structures.
Strings
Basic building block of a data structure.
Node
RAM?
Random-access memory
It is volatile, meaning it can be erased and replaced with new information as often as needed.
Random-access memory (RAM)
One _____ of memory consists of 1,024 bytes.
kilobyte. One megabyte consists of 1,024 kilobytes
Is the fundamental unit of computer data storage.
byte
What is the usage of RAM?
data storage