IB Java Terms

A device for converting analog signals into digital ones for subsequent computer processing; sometimes called a "digitizer". A digital to analog (D to A) converter operates in the reverse direction.

Pathway from memory to processing unit that carries the address(location) in memory to and from which data is transferred.

An ordered set of well-defined instructions for the solution of a problem in a finite number of steps.

Arithmetic and logic unit: a part of the computer that performs arithmetic operations, logic operations, and related operations.

The representation and measurement of the performance or behavior of a system by continuously variable physical entities such as currents, voltages and so on.

Discrete data