AP CS Principles Unit 3 Vocab

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bit
short for binary digit--either a 0 or 1
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byte
8 bits
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number bases
used to represent data, includes binary and decimal
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binary (base 2)
uses only combinations of the digits zero and one
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decimal (base 10)
uses only combinations of the digits 0-9
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modulus operator (mod)
arithmetic operator used to return the remainder of a division operation
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overflow error
an error caused by the limitation of the range of values and mathematical operations on those values by representing integers with a fixed number of bits
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round-off error
an error caused by the limitation of using a fixed number of bits to represent real numbers which limits the range and mathematical operations on those values
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list
an ordered sequence of elements; allows multiple related items to be represented using a single variable
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element
an individual element in a list that is assigned a unique index
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complete list traversal
all elements in the list are accessed
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partial list traversal
only a portion of elements in the list are accessed