UTA INSY 2303 Final Exam Review (Units 1- 4) with Complete Solutions Convergence - Correct Answer The expansion of cloud computing, a process by which several technologies with distinct functionalities evolve to form a single product. Your computer plays movies.Your cell phone has a camera. Your clock has a radio.Cloud computing - Correct Answer A process that provided access to information, applications, communications, and storage over the Internet.Digital data - Correct Answer Text, numbers, graphics, or sound represented by discrete digits, such as 1s and 0s.Analog data - Correct Answer Data that is measured or represented on a continuously varying scale, such as a dimmer switch or a watch with a sweep second hand.Compression - Correct Answer Any technique that recodes the data in a file so that it contains fewer bits Lossy compression - Correct Answer Any data compression technique in which some of the data is sacrificed to obtain more compression.Lossless compression - Correct Answer A compression technique that is able to reconstitute all of the data in the original file; hence lossless means that this compression technique does not lose data.Compression is commonly referred to as "zipping". - Correct Answer True On laptops and desktop computers, the compression utility is accessed from the same screen used to manage files. - Correct Answer True Pixel interpolation - Correct Answer A process that is used by graphics software to average the color of adjacent pixels in an image, usually when the image is enlarged. 1 / 2
Data - Correct Answer In the context of computing and data management, data refers to the symbols that a computer uses to represent facts and ideas.Information - Correct Answer A computer system that collects, stores, and processes information, usually within the context of an organization.Bitmap - Correct Answer An image, such as a digital photo, that is stored as a grid work of colored dots.A bitmap graphic is composed of a grid of tiny rectangular cells where each cell is a picture element, commonly called a pixel. - Correct Answer True Vector graphics include standard shapes such as circles and rectangles. - Correct Answer True Vector graphics - Correct Answer An image generated from descriptions that specify the position, length, and direction in which lines and shapes are drawn.Vector graphics vs. Bitmap graphics - Correct Answer Vector graphics resize better than bitmaps, require less storage space, are not as realistic as bitmap images, and editing an object is easier than in bitmap.Vector graphics are used for line art, logos, simple illustrations, infographic elements, and diagrams. - Correct Answer True _______ are based on vectors stored as a set of instructions describing the coordinates for lines and shapes in a three-dimensional space. - Correct Answer 3-D graphics Ray tracing - Correct Answer A technique by which light and shadows are added to a 3-D image.Rendering - Correct Answer In graphics software, the process of creating a 3-D solid image by covering a wireframe drawing and applying computer-generated highlights and shadows.Vectors - Correct Answer Lines and curves that form simple shapes.
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