Computer Science 120 Terms With Correct Answers.

COMPUTER SCIENCE 120 TERMS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS


256k-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Thiskisk2ktokthek8thkpower.kItkisktheknumberkofkdifferentknu
mberskthatkyoukcankstorekinkakbyte,kusuallykrangingkfromk0
ktok255.

AIk-kCORRECTkANSWER-ArtificialkIntelligence.

ASCIIk-kCORRECTkANSWER-Pronouncedkass-
key.kStandskforkthekAmericankStandardkCodekforkInformatio
nkInterchange.kItkiskak7bitkcodekforkcharacters.kForkexample
:kthekletterk'x'kiskrepresentedkask1111000.

Abstractionk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Removingkdetailkofksomethingktokfocuskonkaksubsetkofkthekf
eatureskwithoutkconfusingkdetails.

Addressk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
a)kAklocationkinkmemorykorkidentifyingkakparticularkpiecekofk
memory.kb)kAnkidentificationkthatkallowskaccessktoksomethin
gksuchkaskankinternetkaddresskwhichkallowskonektokaccessk
akdevicekonkthekinternet.

AgentkBasedkModelingk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Akmethodkofksimulatingkthekrealkworldkinkwhichkindividualka
gentskinteractkwithktheirkenvironmentkandkeachkotherktoksim
ulatekrealkworldkbehaviorskandkconditions.kNetLogokiskgood
katkAgentkBasedkModeling.

,Agentk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Independentkactingksectionskofkcodekandkdatakthatkrepresen
tkactivekinteractingkpieceskofkakmodelkorksystem.

Algorithmk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Aksetkofkinstructionskforkaccomplishingkaktaskkthatkwhenkex
ecutedkwillkterminate.

Analogk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Measuredkinkcontinuouskvalues.kThekaudioksignalkfromkakmi
crophonekiskanalog.kAkclockkwithkhandskiskconsideredkanalo
g.

Applicationk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Akrunnablekprogramkthatkprovidesksomekservice.

ArtificialkIntelligencek-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Theksubfieldkofkcomputerksciencekthatkinvolveskthekcreation
kofkprogramskthatkattemptktokdokwhatkwaskformerlykbelieve
dktokbekablektokbekdonekbykhumans.

Autonomousk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Controlledkbykcomputerkprogramskandknotkpeople.

Bandwidthk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Refersktokthekvolumekofkinformationkthatkcankbektransmitted
korkprocessed.kItkiskusuallykmeasuredkinkbitskorkbyteskperkti
mekunitklikek"bitskperksecond".

BigkDatak-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Thekproblemkbeginningkinkthek21stkcenturykofkprocessingkv
astkamountskofkdatakcomingkatkorkrefreshingkatkverykhighks
peed.kForkexampleksatelliteksensorkdata,kcitykmonitoringksen
sors,kgeneksequencingkdata,ketc.

Binaryk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Thekbasek2knumberksystem.kIntegerkcankbekencodedkaskbi

, narykwhichkiskakstringkofk0'skandk1's.kBinarykiskakplace-
valueksystemkinkwhichkeachkbitkpositionkdenoteskakpowerko
fk2k(unlikekdecimalkwhichkusesk10ksymbolskandkpowerskofk
10).kkkbitskofkinformationkcankrepresentk2kkdifferentknumber
s.kForkexamplekcountingkink3kbitskofkbinarykyoukcankcountk
fromk0ktok7:k000,k001,k010,k011,k100,k101,k110,k111.

Bitk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Akbinarykdigit.kTheksmallestkunitkofkinformationkrepresentedk
bykonekofktwokstatesk(usuallyk0kork1).kItkiskoftenkdenotedkb
ykaklowerkcasek'b'kaskinkMbsk(mega-
bitskperksecond).kOrkthekamountkofkinformationkgainedkwhe
nkansweringkakyeskorknokquestion.

BootkProgramk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Thekprogramkrunkwhenkthekcomputerkhardwarekiskpoweredk
up.

Bootk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Tokrestartkakcomputerkaskifkthekcomputerkhadkbeenkpowere
dkdownkregardlesskofkwhetherkitkwaskonkandkrunningkorknot
.

Broadcastk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Inkmessagingkpassingkitkisktoksendktheksamekmessagektoka
llkwhokcanklisten.

Busk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
a)kthekmainkpathkforkbitsktravelingkinkparallelkinkandkoutkofk
akCPU.kItkiskoftenkmanykbitskwide.kb)kAnykpathwaykforkbits
ktoktravelkinkparallel.

Bytek-kCORRECTkANSWER-
8kbits.kItkiskoftenkdenotedkbykakcapitalkBkaskinkMBk(mega-
bytes).