APCSP

Vocabulary:

  1. Binary Numbers: Any digital data has a numerical representation using binary numbers.
  2. Bit: Smallest unit of information stored or manipulated on a computer; consisting either zero or one.
  3. Byte: 8 Bits
  4. Digital Images: A collection of pixels where each pixel consists of binary numbers.
  5. Metadata: The data of an image.
  6. Analog: Continuous interval of time and takes on a continuous range of values.
  7. Digital: Sequence of discrete symbols.
  8. Sampling: Recording an analog signal at regular discrete moments and converting them to a digital signal.
  9. Data Compression: Compression of data.
  10. Lossless Compression: Reconstruct the original message exactly from the compressed message.
  11. Lossy Compression: Technique that does not decompress digital data back to 100% of the original (looses data, but smaller compressed size).
  12. Text Compression: Compression of text, lossless compression.
  13. Data Extraction: Process of obtaining data from a database or software such as a social media website so that it can transport to another software for online analytical processing.
  14. Picture Graphs: Use pictures to represent values.
  15. Bar Graphs: Uses either vertical or horizontal bars to represent the values.
  16. Line Graphs: Uses lines to represent the values.
  17. Scatter Plots: Represent data with points and then finding the best-fit line through some of the points.

Binary (base 2) to Decimal (base 10)