unit 1 vocab

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what does open source mean?

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programs that are made freely available and may be redistributed and modified

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what does open access mean?

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online research output free of any and all restrictions on access and free of many restrictions on use, such as copyright or license restrictions

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what does intellectual property mean?

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

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what does creative commons mean?

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a collection of public copyright licenses that enable 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

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what is the decimal system?

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a system for representing numbers using combinations of the digits 0-9

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what is data compression?

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a process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent a piece of info

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what is binary?

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a way of representing info using only two options

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what is lossy compression?

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

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what is lossless compression?

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a process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any info. this process is reversible

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what is sampling?

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