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Data Representation Flashcards

1
Q

What is a character set?

A

A defined list of characters recognised by a unique binary number.

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2
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Give some examples of character sets

A

ASCII, Unicode

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3
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What does ASCII stand for?

A

American standard for information interchange

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4
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What makes Unicode special?

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It is international

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5
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What are the two ways images can be stored?

A

Bitmaps , vectors

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6
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What are bitmaps made up of?

A

Coloured squares

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7
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How are vectors made?

A

They store the mathematics to draw coloured shapes

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8
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What does the number of bits required for pixel depend on?

A

The number of colours required

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9
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How can the number of coloured be calculated?

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2^n

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10
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What is the number of bits used for each pixel known as?

A

Colour depth

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11
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What is metadata?

A

Additional data stored within the image

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12
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Examples of metadata are…

A

Image width, height , colour depth, colour palette

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13
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Does the file size decrease or increase when the colour depth and resolution are increased?

A

Increase

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14
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What do bitmaps usually store?

A

Pictures

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15
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What do vectors usually store?

A

Technical drawings, logos, clip art

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16
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What is the sound file size?

A

The total number of bits in a sound

17
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How is the sound file size found?

A

Number of samples per second X number of bits per sample X length of sample in seconds

18
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What is the boy depth?

A

The number of bits stored per sample

19
Q

The higher the number of bits … the greater/worse the quality of sound?

A

Greater

20
Q

What is sample rate?

A

The number of samples stored per second

21
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What is compression?

A

Reducing the number of bits in a file

22
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Why is compression used?

A

To make the storage capacity of a file lower, making transfer of the file quicker

23
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What are the differences of lossy and lossless compression?

A

LOSSY:
-some of the data is lost and cannot be recovered
-Greatly reduces file size
-Reduces the quality of the image/sound

LOSSLESS:
-None of the data is lost, it is encoded differently
-Can be turned back into the original format
-Less effective than Lossy

24
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What type of files can Lossy work on?

A

Images, sound, video

25
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What types of file can Lossless work on?

A

Any

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