Programming Vocabulary

Question	Answer
Artifact	something created by humans usually for a practical purpose
Bit	a single 1 or 0 in a binary sequence. The smallest unit of measurement in binary
Byte	a unit of data that is eight bit. A byte is the unit computers use to represent a character such as a letter, number, or typographic symbol.
Low level programming language	a programming language that provides little or no abstraction from a computer's instruction set architecture. Generally this refers to either machine code or assembly language
High level programming language	a programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer
Coordinate system	a coordinate system that specifies each point uniquely in a plane by a pair of numerical coordinates x and y
RGB color model	color model used for representing and displaying images in electronic systems, such as televisions and computers
Logic gate	A logic gate is a device, usually an electrical circuit that performs one or more logical operations on one or more input signals. Logic gates are the building blocks of digital technology

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	Created by Shannon Anderson-Rush about 6 years ago