Key Terms
Asset
a valuable item or commodity
If you saw the number BDB76B used to describe a color in a computer program, which number system is being used?
Hexadecimal
If there is a power outage and your computer turns off, what will be lost?
The RAM
How much space will one letter in a text document take?
1 Byte
ASCII
a common character set that uses the numbers 0 through 127 to represent English Characters
bit, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, exabyte
Which is easier to transfer information on? A solid state drive, magnetic hard disk, or flash drive.
Flash Drive
What are the different types of data?
string, float, data, integer, and boolean
Define Algorithm
step by step instructions to solve a problem, commonly used to process data
Your health insurance company gives you a discount if you wear a fitness-tracking bracelet. It follows you a few months, you get a letter in the mail informing you that your insurance rate will decrease for next year since you exercise nearly every day. What has your company performed?
Data Correlation
Define Fileserver
a type of network storage that stores files in one central place instead of locally on each computer.
What are the two possible characters in a Binary number set?
0 and 1
a number system with 16 values, commonly used to represent color codes.
Cynthia finds a spreadsheet on her desk. It has rows and columns of numbers, such as 37, 28, 91, and 12, but Cynthia is not sure what the numbers mean. Which Term best describes what Cynthia has?
Data
What is the main advantage of a solid state drive?
They are less likely to get damaged
Unicode
Unicode
a character set that can account for over 65,000 characters, enough values for all of the languages in the world
You are writing a computer program that will track your expenses each month, which you will record in dollars and cents. What data type will you need?
Float
Which storage types are most companies moving toward?
Cloud
What does one hertz refer to?
one fetch-decode-execute cycle