1.4

• AND gate:

  • Works by only returning TRUE if both values being compared are TRUE
• ASCII:

  • a character set
  • each character represented by a number
  • 7-bit code = 128 character combinations
  • American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• Binary:

  • numbering system in which there are only two possible values, 0 and 1
  • a base 2 number system
• bit wise manipulation:

  • changing or extracting bits in a bit pattern
  • by using logical operators, AND, OR, XOR, and NOT with a mask
• Boolean:

  • A data type used to store one of two states, True or False
• Character:

  • a single alphanumeric
• Character Set:

  • a defined list of characters recognised by the computer
  • each character is represented by a number
• Denary (base 10):

  • A numeric system of notation which uses a 10 as its base
• Floating Point:

  • a data type used to store an approximation of a real number
  • an exponent is used to determine where the binary floating point is located in a real number