Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Bandwidth

Answer 1

Transmission capacity measure by bit rate

Question 2

Binary

Answer 2

A way of representing information using only two options: 0 and 1

Question 3

Bit

Answer 3

A contraction of “Binary Digit”

single unit of info in a computer, typically represented by a 0 or 1

Question 4

Bit rate (bitrate)

Answer 4

the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time

Question 5

Byte

Answer 5

8 bits

Question 6

Latency

Answer 6

time it takes for a bit to travel from its sender to its receiver

Question 7

Protocol

Answer 7

a set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices

Question 8

ASCII

Answer 8

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

universally recognized raw test format that any computer can understand

Question 9

Image

Answer 9

a type of data used for graphics or pictures

Question 10

pixel

Answer 10

short for “picture element”

fundamental unit of a digital image, typically a tiny square or dot which contains a single point of color of a larger image

Question 11

RGB

Answer 11

the RGB model used varying intensities of Red, Green, Blue light added together in to reproduce a broad array of colors

Question 12

abstraction

Answer 12

pulling out specific differences to make one solution work for multiple problems

Question 13

overflow error

Answer 13

error from attempting to represent a number that is too large

Question 14

round-off error

Answer 14

error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise. the value is rounded

Question 15

analog data

Answer 15

data with values that change continuously, or smoothly, over time.

music, colors of a painting, or position of a sprinter during a race

Question 16

digital data

Answer 16

data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values

Question 17

sampling

Answer 17

a process for creating a digital representation of analog data by measuring the analog data at regular intervals called samples

Question 18

lossless compression

Answer 18

a process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information; reversible process

Question 19

lossy compresssion

Answer 19

a process for reducing bits needed to represent something which some information is lost or thrown away. not reversible

Question 20

intellectual property

Answer 20

a work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a piece of writing or a design, to which one has rights for and which one may apply a patent, copyright, trademark

Question 21

creative commons

Answer 21

a collection of public copyright licenses that enables the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work, used when an author wants to give people the right to share use, and build upon a work that they have created