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Computing Data Words
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- 1ASCII CodeStands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. The former letter-number referance
- 2Parity CheckingEach time a byte is transferred, the parity bit is checked. One-bit parity systems will detect if one of the eight bits in the byte has been switched from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1.
- 3UnicodeThe current letter-number refernce but Unicode enables people around the world to use computers in any language.
- 4PixelShort for Picture Element, a pixel is a single point in a graphic image.
- 5ResolutionAmount of pixels in an image measured in dpi.
- 6Colour depthColor depth, also known as bit depth, is the number of bits used to indicate
the color of a single pixel - 7MetadataThe data behind an image or sound that explains the information about it
- 8Vector graphicsVector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves,
and shapes or polygon to create an image. This means that when you zoom in it doesn't go blurry - 9Bitmap graphicsA bitmap graphic is composed of many tiny parts, called pixels, which are often many different colours.
- 10Raster graphicsRaster graphics are digital images created or captured (for example, by scanning in a photo).
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- Flashcards on Computing Data Words, created by Nathan Sykes on 10/11/2014.
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- Nathan Sykes · Nov 2014
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