AP CSP Code.org Unit 1 Vocab

A new or improved idea, device, product, etc, or the development thereof

• Epiphany

• Inspiration

• Innovation

• Flux Capacitor

A simple sketch of an idea or model for something new. It’s the original drawing from which something real might be built or created.

• Sample

• Prototype

• Art

• Product

It refers to facts provided or learned about something or someone / It is data as processed, stored, or transmitted by a computer / It is the answer to a question.

• Data

• Information

• Binary Sequence

• Trend

A set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices.

• Protocol

• Transfer

• Pattern

• Phone Call

A way of representing information using only two options.

• Binary

• Decimal

• Hexadecimal

• Octal

A contraction of "Binary Digit"; the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1

• Computer

• Transistor

• Byte

• Bit

8 bits

• Byte

• Nibble

• Kilobyte

• Megabyte

It’s the numerical value that a digit has by virtue of its position in a number.

• Place Value

• Bit

• Digit

• Absolute Value

Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.

• Overflow Error

• Roundoff Error

• Logic Error

• ASCII

Error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise. The value is rounded.

• Overflow Error

• Roundoff Error

• Logic Error

• ASCII