Binary Numbers
8 bits.
What is a byte?
A type of error that occurs when a computer cannot precisely represent a fractional component to a number.
What is an a Round-off Error?
The author, date created and file size are examples of this on a file document.
What is metadata.
What is lossless compression?
What is Creative Commons.
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What is 27 in binary?
This type of error may result when a calculator performs the equation of 2 divided by 3.
What is a roundoff error.
Creating a digital version of analog data by measuring it at regular intervals is called this.
What is "sampling"?
What is lossy 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.
What is Intellectual Property?
The total number that can be represented with an 8-bit binary (base-2) system.
What is 256.
When calculating the distance between planets in miles, a number with a large exponent is expected. However, the program is unable to compute and gives an error. What type of error is this?
What is an overflow error?
The text message you receive on your smartphone is an example of this type of data.
What is digital data.
This type of compression is best when you need to have the file as small as possible.
What is lossy compression?
Information that is freely available online with few or no copyright or license restrictions is called this.
What is "Open Access".
What is the decimal number 20 in binary?
What is 10100.
An engineer is calculating the area of a circular shape and uses the value of pi (3.141592.....). She finds that the value is very close to the expected value, but slightly imprecise. This is caused by what type of error?
What is a roundoff error.
The main colors that are combined to make the broad array of colors that appear on any device with a screen.
What is Red, Green, Blue?
A compression technique best suited for storing music files on a smartphone in order to maximize the number of songs that can be stored.
What is lossy compression.
Programs that are made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.
What is open source?
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What is 58?
A computer uses 4 bits to represent decimal numbers in binary. What is the smallest number for which an overflow error occurs?
000 000 000 is a binary code that represents this color.
What is the color black.?
What is an important factor in deciding between lossless and lossy compression?
What is the accuracy or quality of the file?
True or False: When using open source, you are still required to cite where you found the resource.
What is True?