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Computer science vocabulary
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Computer Science
12th Grade
09/08/2017

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Proto type
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A preliminary sketch of an idea or model of something new. Its the original drawing from which something real might be build or created.
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Binary question
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A question which there are only two possible anwsers.
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Binary message
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A message that can only be one of two possible value
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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 number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time.

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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 its sender to its 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 understand.
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code  (v)

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to write code, or to write instructions for a computer.
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Request for Comments (RFC)

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A formal document from the Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF ) that is the result of committee drafting and subsequent review by interested parties. Some RFCs are informational in nature, documents are how standards and protocols are defined and published for all to see on the IETF website.
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IP Address

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 A number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet.

 

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Packets

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Small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information.
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Router

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a computer, device which receives messages travelling across a network and redirects them towards their intended destinations based on the addressing information included with the message.
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TCP

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Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol. It manages all the sending and receiving of Data Packets, like a dependable mail service.
Most networks combine IP with a higher-level protocol called Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), which establishes a virtual connection between a destination and a source.

Transmission Control Protocol - provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of packets on the internet. TCP is tightly linked with IP and usually seen as TCP/IP in writing. 

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DNS

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Domain Name Server, System: the Internet's system for converting alphabetic url names into numeric IP addresses.
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HTTP

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the protocol used by the World Wide Web. It describes how messages are formatted and interchanged, and how web servers respond to commands.
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Abstraction

Definition
Reducing information and detail to focus on essential characteristics.
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Server

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A computer that awaits and responds to requests for data.
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Client

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A computer that requests data stored on a server.
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Net Neutrality

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The principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally by Internet Service Providers.
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Internet Censorship

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Internet censorship is the control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet enacted by regulators, or on their own initiative. ... Other areas of censorship include copyrights, defamation, harassment, and obscene material. Support for and opposition to Internet censorship also varies.
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Network Surveillance

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Computer and network surveillance is the monitoring of computer activity and data stored on a hard drive, or data being transferred over computer networks such as the Internet. The monitoring is often carried out covertly and may be completed by governments, corporations, criminal organizations, or individuals.
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Heuristic

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a problem solving approach (algorithm) to find a satisfactory solution where finding an optimal or exact solution is impractical or impossible.
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Image

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A type of data used for graphics or pictures.
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Metadata

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Data that describes other data.
For example, a digital image may include metadata that describe the size of the image, number of colors, or resolution.
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Pixel

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Short for "picture element" it is the fundamental unit of a digital image, typically a tiny square or dot which contains a single point of color of a larger image.
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Hexadecimal Number System

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A Base 16 numbering system. A number system consisting of 16 distinct symbols — 0-9 and A-F — which can occur in each place value.
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Lossless Compression

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A compression scheme in which every bit of the original data can be recovered from the compressed file.
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