Practice Flashcards: GCSE Computer Science: Data Representation | Zestly

Question 1

Bit

Accepted Answer

The smallest unit of data, representing a single 0 or 1. Students often confuse bits with bytes.

Question 2

Byte

Accepted Answer

A group of 8 bits. A common mistake is assuming a byte is a different size, such as 10 bits.

Question 3

Binary

Accepted Answer

A base-2 number system using only 0s and 1s. Students often try to use digits other than 0 or 1.

Question 4

Denary

Question 5

Hexadecimal

Question 6

Most Significant Bit

Question 7

Binary Shift

Question 8

Overflow

Question 9

Character Set

Question 10

Pixel

Question 11

Colour Depth

Question 12

Sample Rate