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Computer Science
12th Grade
09/16/2017

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Unit 1: The internet
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U1C1:

Representing

and

Transmitting Information

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Prototype
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A Preliminary sketch of an idea or model for something new. It's the original drawings from which something real might be built or created
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Binary

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A question to which there are only two possible answers
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Binary message
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A message that can only be one of two possible values
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Bit
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A contraction of "Binary Digit". A bit is the single unit of information in a computer typically represented as a 0 or 1
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Bit rate
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(sometimes written bitrate)

The numbers of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit. e.g. 8 bits/sec.

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Protocol
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A set of rules and standards governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices.
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Bandwidth
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Transmission capacity measure by bit rate
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Latency
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Time it takes for a bit to travel from it's sender to it's receiver
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ASCII
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ASCII-American Standard Code for information Interchange. ASCII is the universally recognized raw text format that any computer can be understand.
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