AP Computer Science Principles Semester One Exam Abstraction - correct answerArranging complexity of Computer systems by leaving out complex details the user doesn't need to know. For Example, to use an app you don't need to know how it was encoded.Aggregation - correct answerwhen information is collected and put into a summary Algorithm - correct answerspecific set of operations to be performed ASCII - correct answermost common format for text; uses 7 bits Bandwidth - correct answeramount of data transmitted in a certain amount of time; usually in bits per second or bytes per second Base 2 - correct answerbinary system where the only two symbols are used to represent numbers Base 8 - correct answer8 number system with 8 digits for numbers Base 16 - correct answerHexadecimal Base 64 - correct answeruses 64 symbols to symbolize numbers Baud Rate - correct answerhow fast a bit travels to and from a computer Binary message - correct answerA message using only two symbols Binary question - correct answerA question with only two possible answers 1 / 2
Bit rate - correct answerthe rate of binary digits in a processing system Broadband - correct answera data transmission where one medium can carry several messages at once Byte - correct answer8 bits Client - correct answera computer that receives information from a server Code - correct answersystem of symbols to transmit messages in computers Computer science - correct answerstudy of the principles and use of computers CSV - correct answerdata separated by commas Documentation - correct answerinformation that describes a product to its users Domain Name Server (DNS) - correct answera hierarchical system used to translate domain names into internet processing addresses For Loop - correct answera statement that allows the code to repeat for a set amount of time Heuristic Compression - correct answera function that evaluates options to compress a file High level programming language - correct answerused to write programs indpendent of computer type; closer to human language than machine language HyperText Markup Language (HTML) - correct answerformatting to display text, graphics, and audio over the internet
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