The common difference between each succeeding number. (What you are adding to each previous number to obtain the next number)

What each number is multiplied by to obtain the next number in the sequence. The multiplier is called the common ratio.

the first two numbers in this sequence are either 1 and 1, or 0 and 1, depending on the chosen starting point of the sequence, and each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two.

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Term	Definition
Arithmetic Sequence	The common difference between each succeeding number. (What you are adding to each previous number to obtain the next number)
Geometric Sequence	What each number is multiplied by to obtain the next number in the sequence. The multiplier is called the common ratio.
Fibonacci Numbers	the first two numbers in this sequence are either 1 and 1, or 0 and 1, depending on the chosen starting point of the sequence, and each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two.