Glossary for Computer Concepts: digital-technology

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ASCII: ASCII (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   American Standard Code for Information Interchange is digital representation for of all the characters on a computer keyboard
binary: Binary (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   base 2 has digits 0 and 1
bit: Bit (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   A Bit: Binary Digit can have one of two values, usually represented as 0 or 1.
byte: Byte (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   a group of eight bits. One byte can represent any key on a keyboard.
cache: Cache (memory) (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   volatile internal memory optimized for speed.
computer: Computer (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   A digital electronics device that combines hardware and software to accept the input of data and then process and store the data to produce some useful output.
CPU: CPU (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   Central Processing Unit: sometimes refered to as the heart of the computer.
decimal: Decimal (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   The number system used by humans: base 10 has digits 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
digital literacy: Digital literacy (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   Digital literacy refers to an understanding of how computers represent different types of data with digits and how the usefulness of that representation assists people in leading productive lives.
digital technology questions: Self Study Questions(Lesson: Digital Technology)
   What have you learned?
digitize: Digitize (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   transform information into a digital representation.
ecosystem: Technology Ecosystems (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   Different types of devices are designed to work together.
hardware: Hardware (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   the tangible parts of the computer that take up physical space.
hexadecimal: Hexadecimal (Hex) (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   A number system: base 16 has digits 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
input: Input (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   anything that a computer can collect and store.
media: Media (storage) (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   hard drives, DVDs, magnetic tape are slower but are not volatile.
OCR: OCR: Optical Character Recognition (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   identifies the text in an image and transforms it to ASCII representation.
octal: Octal (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   A number system: base 8 has digits 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
output: Output (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   the results of the processing
PC: PC: Personal Computer (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   General-purpose computer designed to meet the many computing needs of one individual.
platform: Platform (computing) (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   Describes a computer’s architecture in terms of hardware and software
RAM: RAM (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   Random Access Memory: volatile memory optimized for speed.
register: Register (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   temporary storage (memory) for data that is directly accessible to the central processing unit
server: Server (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   A powerful computer that often utilizes many processors to provide services to many users simultaneously over a network.
software: Software (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   the electronic instructions that tell the computer what to do.
supercomputer: Supercomputer (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   the most powerful type of computer, often utilizing thousands or even tens of thousands of processors to solve the world’s most difficult problems.
wearables: Wearables (Lesson: Digital Technology)
   clothing and accessories that incorporate digital technologies. They include smartwatches, bracelets, and glasses.
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