Computers: Understanding Tech 6e 2.2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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binary string | A multidigit number consisting of only 1s and 0s.
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bit | Short for binary digit. Each individual 1 or 0 in the binary string.
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byte | A group of 8 bits; an 8-digit binary number between 00000000 and 11111111.
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kilobyte | A data unit equal to 1024 (approximately one thousand) bytes.
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megabyte | A data unit equal to 1,048,576 (approximately one million) bytes.
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gigabyte | A data unit equal to 1,073,741,824 (approximately one billion) bytes.
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encoding scheme | A system of binary codes that represent different letters, numbers, and symbols.
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) | An encoding scheme that assigns a unique 8-bit binary code to each number and letter in the English language plus many of the most common symbols such as punctuation and currency marks.
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Unicode | An encoding system that assigns a unique 16-bit binary code to each number and letter, and can represent up to 65,536 characters including many different languages.
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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