A way of representing information using ten options
Decimal
A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information. This process is reversible.
Lossless Compression
A work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a piece of writing or a design, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, trademark, etc.
Intellectual Property
Error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise. The value is rounded.
Round-off Error
A contraction of "Binary Digit"; the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1
Bit
8 bits
Byte
A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something in which some information is lost or thrown away. This process is not reversible.
Lossy Compression
A way of representing information using only two options
Binary
Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large
Overflow Error
A process for creating a digital representation of analog data by measuring the analog data at regular intervals called samples.
Sampling
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
Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values
Digital Data
A collection of public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work, used when an author wants to give people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that they have created
Creative Commons
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