Term | Definition |
AUP | Authorized User Policy |
EULA | End User License Agreement |
Abstraction | Building technology on top of a known technology basis. |
Prototype | A first off model of a thing or technology. |
Binary | A numbering or counting system consisting of TWO CONDITIONS. |
Binary question | A question to which there are only two possible answers. |
Binary message | A message that can only be one of two possible answers. |
Bit | A contraction of "Binary Digit". The single unit of information in a computer, typically as a 0 or 1. |
Bit rate (bitrate) | The number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. |
Protocol | A set of rules governing the exchange or data between devices. |
Bandwidth | Transmission capacity measure by bit rate. |
Latency | Time it takes for a bit to travel from its receiver. |
Bus | A single electrical connection, wire, or pathway. |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange. The universally recognized raw text format that any computer can understand. |
Code (v) | To write instructions for a computer. |
Column Place Value | Next left column value determined by the current column multiplied by the base of the numbering system. |
Pixel | Individual squares on a screen consisting of a row and column location. Short for picture element. |
Screen resolution | The number of pixels expressed in width and height, example 800
x 600. |
Refresh rate | The frequency with which the image on a computer monitor or similar electronic display screen is refreshed, usually expressed in hertz. |
Metadata | A set of data that describes and gives information about other data. |