1.0 IT Concepts and Terminology

Byte

8 bits

Hexadecimal

A base-16 number system that uses sixteen distinct symbols 0-9 and A-F to represent numbers from 0 to 15.

bit

A binary digit, a 0 or a 1.

Trademark

A brand that has exclusive legal protection for both its brand name and its design

Unicode

A character code that enables most of the languages of the world to be symbolized with a special character identification.

Digital product

A product produced using ICT tools and viewed on-screen. It does not need to be printed out

Boolean

A single value of either TRUE or FALSE

Data-driven decision making

An organizational process to gather and analyze relevant and verifiable data and then evaluate the results to guide business strategies.

Processing

Changing and improving the form of another product.

output

Data that has been processed into a useful format.

Gbps

Gigabits per second

GB

Gigabyte

Kbps

Kilobits per second

Mbps

Megabits per second

Pb

Petabyte

Integers

Positive or negative real valued whole numbers.

Binary

The binary number system is base 2, using only bits 0 and 1.

throughput unit

a measure of how many units of information a system can process in a given amount of time.

floats

a variable with a fractional value.

intellectual property

a work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a manuscript or a design, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, trademark, etc.

Patents

an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something,

storage unit

any computing hardware that is used for storing, porting and extracting data files and objects.

Strings

any sequence of symbols that is interpreted to represent a precise meaning.

decimal

based on the number 10

BPS

bits per second

GHz

gigahertz

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)

is a character encoding standard for electronic communication. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices.

Kb

kilobyte

MB

megabyte

MHz

megahertz

Char

single character

Tbps

terabits per second

TB

terabyte

Copyright

the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.

processing speed

the number of cycles per second at which the central processing unit of a computer operates and is able to process information.

storage

the process of maintaining information in memory over time

Input

what is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process or system.