Unit 1 - Digital Information Vocabulary

______ is a way of representing information using only two options.

• Binary

• Decimal

• Hexadecimal

• Octal

______ is a way of representing information using ten options.

• Decimal

• Binary

• Octal

• Hexadecimal

______ is a contraction of 'Binary Digit'; the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1.

• Bit

• Byte

• Nibble

• Word

______ is 8 bits.

• Byte

• Nibble

• Word

• Kilobyte

______ is an error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.

• Overflow Error

• Syntax Error

• Underflow Error

• Type Error

______ is an error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise. The value is rounded.

• Round-off Error

• Syntax Error

• Overflow Error

• Truncation Error

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

• Analog Data

• Digital Data

• Discrete Data

• Binary Data

______ is data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values.

• Digital Data

• Analog Data

• Continuous Data

• Random Data

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

• Sampling

• Quantization

• Encoding

• Modulation

______ is a process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information. This process is reversible.

• Lossless Compression

• Lossy Compression

• Encryption

• Decompression