What year did the Macintosh computer become available?
→ 1984
The UNIVAC computer uses magnetic tape. T or F
→ True
How much does IBM's first portable computer weigh?
→ 50 pounds
In George Dyson's video he tells us that a lot of smart people were brought together at the
Manhattan Proj...
Converting from analog to digital involves a two-step process: _____ and _____.
→ sampling, quantization
When analog information is converted to digital data, we must consider two properties that
affect the exactness of the digital representation, one from sampling and one from quantizing.
Which of the following is from sampling?
→ sampling rate
Which of the following refers to the number of allowable levels of digitized data?
→ bit depth
Our everyday decimal numbering system is base- _____.
→ 10
Computers use a numbering system that is base-2, which is also known as the _____ numbering
system
→ binary
The smallest unit in a binary system is a _____
→ bit
Fill in the blanks with "bit(s)" or "byte(s)":
1|Page| GradeA+ | 2 0 0 2 5
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