Byte
A unit of data containing 8 bits.
Bit rate
In computing, the number of bits processed per second.
Bit depth
The number of bits available to store an audio sample.
Bit
The smallest unit of data in computing represented by a 1 in binary.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A 7-bit character set used for representing English keyboard characters.
Virtual machine
A software implantation of another computer system or program for another machine.
Source code
The code behind a computer program, written in a programming language.
Optimise
To make a program more efficient. A program can be optimised to run quicker, or to take up less memory.
Operand
Data that is manipulated by the CPU/processor according to the given opcode, eg in the instruction ADD 3, the operand…
Opcode
Operation code. Specifies instructions that can executed by a CPU/processor in machine code, eg in an instruction like “move the…