Vocab Words Unit 2

Question 1

Array

Answer 1

An impressive display or range of a particular type of thing.

Question 2

Pivot

Answer 2

The middle number that is in the correct place

Question 3

Artificial Intelligence

Answer 3

Computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence

Question 4

Augmentation

Answer 4

Any process or amount that makes something bigger or greater

Question 5

Automation

Answer 5

The use of largely automatic equipment in a production process

Question 6

Bias

Answer 6

Distort

Question 7

Decimal

Answer 7

A fraction whose denominator is a power of ten and whose numerator is expressed by figures placed to the right of a decimal point

Question 8

Digital Footprint

Answer 8

The information about a particular person that exists on the internet as a result of their online activity

Question 9

Algorithm

Answer 9

A process or set of rules to be followed

Question 10

ASCII

Answer 10

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Question 11

Binary

Answer 11

Relating to, using, or expressed in a system of numerical notation that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.

Question 12

Binary Search

Answer 12

An efficient algorithm for finding an item from a sorted list of items

Question 13

Bit

Answer 13

The smallest unit of data that a computer can process and store

Question 14

Byte

Answer 14

A unit of data that is eight binary digits long

Question 15

Gigabyte

Answer 15

A unit of information equal to one billion bytes.

Question 16

Gigahertz

Answer 16

A measure of frequency equivalent to one billion hertz

Question 17

Hertz

Answer 17

The SI unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second

Question 18

Input

Answer 18

What is put into a system

Question 19

Kilobyte

Answer 19

a unit of memory or data equal to about 1,000 bytes.

Question 20

Linear Search

Answer 20

A search algorithm in which you go from one end of a data set to the other

Question 21

Megabyte

Answer 21

A unit of info about equal to one million bytes

Question 22

Operating System

Answer 22

The software that supports a computer’s basic functions

Question 23

Output

Answer 23

The amount of something produced by a person

Question 24

Pixel

Answer 24

A minute area of illumination on a display screen

Question 25

Privacy

Answer 25

The state of being free from public attention

Question 26

Processor

Answer 26

A machine that processes something

Question 27

Processing

Answer 27

Performing a series of mechanical operations

Question 28

RAM

Answer 28

Random Access Memory

Question 29

RGB

Answer 29

Red, green, and blue

Question 30

ROM

Answer 30

Read-only memory

Question 31

Sorting Algorithm

Answer 31

An algorithm that puts elements of a list into an order

Question 32

Terabyte

Answer 32

One trillion bytes

Question 33

Turing Test

Answer 33

A method of inquiry in AI for determining whether or not a computer is capable of thinking like a human being