Representation of Data A (Units, Numbers, Characters, Instructions)

Question 1

Number system in base 2 that computers use to represent data and instructions

Answer 1

Binary

Question 2

Binary

Answer 2

Number system in base 2 that computers use to represent data and instructions

Question 3

Number system in base 10

Answer 3

Denary

Question 4

Denary

Answer 4

Number system in base 10

Question 5

Number system in base 16 that can be easily converted into binary

Answer 5

Hexadecimal

Question 6

Hexadecimal

Answer 6

Number system in base 16 that can be easily converted into binary

Question 7

The name for a single 0 or 1 in binary

Answer 7

Bit

Question 8

Bit

Answer 8

The name for a single 0 or 1 in binary

Question 9

Half of a byte is known as a…

Answer 9

Nibble

Question 10

Nibble

Answer 10

Half of a byte is known as a…

Question 11

255 is the maximum positive integer that can be represented by which binary unit?

Answer 11

Byte

Question 12

Byte

Answer 12

255 is the maximum positive integer that can be represented by which binary unit?

Question 13

Error that occurs when a number becomes too large to fit into the number of bits allocated

Answer 13

Overflow

Question 14

Overflow

Answer 14

Error that occurs when a number becomes too large to fit into the number of bits allocated

Question 15

At present, the capacity of the largest hard drives runs into this unit of binary

Answer 15

Terabyte

Question 16

Terabyte

Answer 16

At present, the capacity of the largest hard drives runs into this unit of binary

Question 17

Binary unit consisting of 1,024 bytes

Answer 17

Kilobyte

Question 18

Kilobyte

Answer 18

Binary unit consisting of 1,024 bytes

Question 19

Binary unit consisting of 1,024 megabytes

Answer 19

Gigabyte

Question 20

Gigabyte

Answer 20

Binary unit consisting of 1,024 megabytes

Question 21

A relatively simple character set that can represent 128 different characters

Answer 21

ASCII

Question 22

ASCII

Answer 22

A relatively simple character set that can represent 128 different characters

Question 23

An industry-standard character set that can represent thousands of different characters

Answer 23

Unicode

Question 24

Unicode

Answer 24

An industry-standard character set that can represent thousands of different characters

Question 25

Location in main memory used to store data or instructions

Answer 25

Address

Question 26

Address

Answer 26

Location in main memory used to store data or instructions

Question 27

Fast access part of the processor that stores data being used by the CPU

Answer 27

Register

Question 28

Register

Answer 28

Fast access part of the processor that stores data being used by the CPU

Question 29

Part of the instruction that tells the CPU what to do

Answer 29

Operator

Question 30

Operator

Answer 30

Part of the instruction that tells the CPU what to do