1st Semester vocab CS

Question 1

Data that changes discreetly through a finite set of possible values

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Digital Data

Question 2

data that's sent from a program to a device. in a variety of forms, such as tactile interaction, audio, visuals,or text.

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Output

Question 3

work or invention that results of creativity, one has rights & for which one may apply for a patent,copyright,trademark

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Intellectual property

Question 4

Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large

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Overflow Error

Question 5

differing access to computing devices and the Internet, based on socioeconomic,geographic, or demographic characteristic

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Digital Divide

Question 6

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

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Sampling

Question 7

a group of interconnected computing devices capable of sending or receiving data.

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Computing Network

Question 8

the series of connections between computing devices on a network starting with a sender and ending with a receiver

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Path

Question 9

Continue to function even in the event of individual component failures. Fails at unexpected times, often in groups.

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Fault Tolerant

Question 10

A way of representing information using ten options

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Decimal

Question 11

a group of computing devices and programs working together for a common purpose

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Computing Network

Question 12

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

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Round-off Error

Question 13

a protocol for sending data across the Internet that assigns unique numbers (IP addresses) to each connected device

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Internet Protocol (IP)

Question 14

A way of representing information using only two options

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Binary

Question 15

process reducing the number of bits needed to represent something, info lost or thrown away,process not reversible

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Lossy Compression

Question 16

form of program documentation written into the program to be read by people and which do not affect how a program runs

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Comment

Question 17

a machine that can run a program, including computers, tablets, servers, routers, and smart sensors

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Computing Device

Question 18

A type of computer that forwards data across a network

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Router

Question 19

data that sent to a computer for processing by a program. comes a variety of forms, tactile interaction, audio, visuals

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Input

Question 20

steps or phases used to create a piece of software. Typical phases include investigating,designing,prototyping,&testing

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Development Process

Question 21

8 bits

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Byte

Question 22

allows a program to change the value represented by a variable

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Assignment Operator

Question 23

the system responsible for translating domain names like example.com into IP addresses

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Domain Name System DNS

Question 24

a named group of programming instructions. Also referred to as a “procedure”.

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Function

Question 25

NOT, AND, and OR, which evaluate to a Boolean value

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Logical Operator

Question 26

An agreed-upon set of rules that specify the behavior of some system

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Protocol

Question 27

a command that executes the code within a function

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Function Call

Question 28

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

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Bit

Question 29

The unique number assigned to each device on the Internet

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IP Address

Question 30

a written description of how a command or piece of code works or was developed

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Documentation

Question 31

Data with values that change continuously,or smoothly,over time. examples include music, colors of a painting, or posi

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Analog Data

Question 32

a data type that is either true or false

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Boolean Value

Question 33

Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program

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Debugging

Question 34

a combination of operators and values that evaluates to a single value

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Expression

Question 35

chunk of data sent over network. Larger messages are divided to arrive at destination in order,out-of-order,Not at all

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Packet

Question 36

an ordered sequence of characters

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String

Question 37

inclusion of extra components so that a system can continue to work even if individual components fail

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Redundancy

Question 38

inputs & outputs that allow a user to interact with a piece of software. includes like button,menus,images,text,

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User Interface

Question 39

collaborative programming style when 2 programmers switch between writing code & tracking or planning high level progres

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Pain Programming

Question 40

the protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet

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HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTP

Question 41

a named reference to a value that can be used repeatedly throughout a program

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Variable

Question 42

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

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Lossless Compression

Question 43

collection of public copyright licenses, enable the free distribution of an copyrighted work,Author wants to give credit

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Creative Commons

Question 44

the maximum amount of data that can be sent in a fixed amount of time, usually measured in bits per second

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Bandwidth

Question 45

affects the sequential flow of control by executing different statements based on the value of a Boolean expression

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Conditional Statement

Question 46

a system of linked pages, programs, and files

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World Wide Web

Question 47

<, >, <=, >=, ==, != indicate a Boolean expression

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Comparison Operator

1st Semester vocab CS

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1st Semester vocab CS

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