Digital Information and Internet Concepts

Unit 1 - The Internet

• Representing Information: Bits and bytes
• Binary Numbers: Conversion between binary and decimal
• Overflow and Rounding Errors: Errors that occur when representing numbers.
• Text Representation: ASCII code
• Analog and Digital Data: Differences and characteristics.
• Sampling: Converting analog to digital
• Images: Black and white (bitmaps), color (RGB)
• Compression: Lossless, lossy, tradeoffs
• Intellectual Property: Rights related to data and assets.

Unit 2 - Digital Information

• Internet Layers: Hierarchy, scalability, and abstraction
• Computing Devices/Systems/Networks: How they interact
• IP Addresses (v4 and v6): Addressing schemes
• Routers and Redundancy: Fault tolerance
• Paths, Bandwidth, Latency: Network characteristics
• IP Packets: Data transfer units
• TCP and UDP: Data transmission protocols
• HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• DNS: Domain Name System
• Internet and World Wide Web: Interconnected networks
• Digital Divide: Unequal access to technology

Unit 3 - Intro to App Design

• Application Inputs, Outputs, and Processing: How apps operate
• Design Process Steps: Development phases
• Collaborative Design: Working in teams
• Design Mode and User Interfaces: User experience
• Sequential and Event-Driven Programming: Different programming approaches
• Documentation and Comments: Importance for maintainability
• Programming Languages: Variety.
• Debugging: Tools and methods for fixing errors (syntax, logic, runtime)

Unit 4 - Variables, Conditionals, and Functions

• Expressions: Assignment and mathematical operations
• Operators: Mathematical symbols
• Variable Types: Numerical, string, and boolean data
• Conditional Statements: If, if-else, nested ifs
• Comparison Operators: <, >, <=, >=, ==, !=
• Logical Operators: AND, OR, NOT
• Circuit Diagrams: Simplified representations
• Flowcharts: Visual diagrams to show program flow.
• Creating Functions: Modular code units
• Calling Functions: Using modular code
• Random Numbers: Generating random values
• Functions as Abstraction: Modular design

Unit 5 - Data

• Learning from Data: Correlation vs Causation
• Data Cleaning: Preparing data for analysis
• Big Data, Open Data, and Crowdsourced Data: Large datasets
• Machine Learning and Bias: Potential errors

Unit 6 - Lists, Loops, and Traversals

• Lists: Data structures
• Index Numbers and Length: Accessing list elements
• Changing List Contents: Modifying data within a list
• Simulations: Modeling using various tools
• While Loops: Repeated execution of code
• For Loops: Iterating a set number of times
• Infinite Loops: Preventing repeated execution.

Explore the essentials of digital information and internet concepts through this engaging quiz. Topics include binary numbers, data representation, networking protocols, and the layers of the internet. Test your understanding of how devices interact and the intricacies of data transfer.