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Digital vs. Analog ANS✔✔ digital reads a series of ones and zeros, while analog reads a continuous flow of data.
Lossy ANS✔✔ Describes a method of compression in which data is lost in a way that cannot be recovered from the
compressed data.
Lossless Compression ANS✔✔ a data compression algorithm that allows the original data to be perfectly reconstructed
from the compressed data.
pixel interpolation ANS✔✔ A process that is used by graphics software to average the color of adjacent pixels in an
image, usually when the image is enlarged.
Data vs. Information ANS✔✔ Data = raw facts and figures. Information = meaningful interpretation of data.
Bitmap vs. Vector Graphics ANS✔✔ Bitmap Graphics: an image, such as a digital photo, that is stored as a grid work of
colored dots.
Vector Graphics: an image generated from descriptions that specify the position, length, and direction in which lines and
shapes are drawn
3D graphics ANS✔✔ A digital graphics format that displays a three-dimensional image in a two-dimensional space.
Vectors ANS✔✔ Lines and curves that form simple shapes
rendering ANS✔✔ In graphics software, the process of creating a 3D solid image by covering a wireframe drawing and
applying computer-generated highlights and shadows
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Ray tracing ANS✔✔ The technique for adding light and shadows to a 3-D image
Application ANS✔✔ Computer programs that help users perform a specific task such as word processing. Also called
application programs, applications, or programs.
Operating System ANS✔✔ The software that controls the computer's use of its hardware resources, such as memory
and disk storage space. Also called an OS.
Magnetic Storage ANS✔✔ A technology for recording data onto disks or tape by magnetizing particles of an oxide-based
surface coating.
Optical Storage ANS✔✔ A technology that records data as light and dark spots on a CD, DVD, or other optical media
Solid state storage ANS✔✔ A technology that records data and stores it in a microscopic grid of cells on a nonvolatile,
erasable, low-power chip
Cloud Storage ANS✔✔ A storage area that is located on a remote server, usually on the Internet, rather than on a local
storage device
ALU ANS✔✔ (Arithmetic Logic Unit) The part of the CPU that performs arithmetic and logical operations on the numbers
stored in its registers
Control Unit ANS✔✔ The part of the microprocessor that directs and coordinates processing.
RAM vs ROM ANS✔✔ RAM - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
-is volatile; lose power, it forgets
-stores programs from the HD for the CPU to work w/in the present
-comes in many sizes, types, speeds
-a mobo can have only 1 size/type but many speeds
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