Computer Science I 2022-2023

The four major components of a computer system are

Name and explain the function of one of the four major components of a computer system.

A way of representing information using only two options.

• Overflow Error
• Binary
• Byte
• Bit

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

• Bit
• Overflow Error
• Binary
• Byte

8 bits

• Overflow Error
• Bit
• Byte
• Overflow Error

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

• Byte
• Overflow Error
• Bit
• Binary

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

• Digital Data
• Analog Data
• Sampling
• Round-off Error

Data with values that change continuously, or smoothly, over time. Some examples of analog data include music, colors of a painting, or position of a sprinter during a race.

• Analog Data
• Round-off Error
• Overflow Error
• Sampling

Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values

• Round-off Error
• Sampling
• Digital Data
• Analog Data

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

• Digital Data
• Round-off Error
• Analog Data
• Sampling