Logic Design CH. 2 Terms
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crackpat on September 6, 2009
Subjects:
logic design, computer science
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alphanumeric | consisting of numerals, letters, and characters |
| ASCII | America Standard Code for Information Interchange, most widely used alphanumeric code |
| BCD | Binary Coded Decimal, digital code in which each of the decimal digits 0 through 9 is represented by a group of 4 bits |
| Byte | 8 bits |
| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check, type of error detection |
| Floating-point number | number representation based on scientific notation in which the number consists of an exponent and a mantissa |
| Hexadecimal | Describes a number system with a base of 16 |
| LSB | Least Significant Bit, the right-most bit in a binary whole number or code |
| MSB | Most Significant Bit, the left-most bit in a binary whole number or code |
| Octal | describes a number system with a base of 8 |
| Parity | in relation to binary codes, the condition of evenness or oddness of the number of 1s in a code group |
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