VocabularySection 2

ByteFile Extension

ApplicationUser Interface

Byte

• A unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.

• Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures.

Bit (b) Byte(B)

• 1000 k kilo • 10002 M mega • 10003 G giga • 10004 T tera 10005 • P peta 10006 • E exa 10007 • Z zetta 10008

• Y yotta

File Extension• The last characters after the period in the name of a file.• This tells the computer what it should open the file with.

• Song.mp3• Blenderproject.blend• Movie.mp4• Picture.jpg• Worddocument .docx• PowerPoint.ppx

Application• Based on the computers operating system• Mac is OS X El Capitan • Windows OS• Computer Program designed to perform a group

of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user. Examples of an application include word processor, a spreadsheets, a media players, an aeronautical flight simulator, a consol game, or a photo editor.

User Interface

• The design of a program in which interactions between the human and machine take place.

• The goal of user interface design is to produce a user interface which makes it easy, efficient, and enjoyable (user friendly) to operate a machine in the way which produces the desired result.