AP COMP SCI NOTES (Ive built a computer, so I know some of the basics of processing and computer composition) Digital

Electronics A signal can be one of two things, and only that. So off/on, yes/no, etc etc. All of this is based on if there is a current or not. Analog Electronics A signal also depends on the strength of the current in addition to its presence. Gates groups of transistors form logical devices, called Gates. Logical Device A gate that takes a signal, or multiple signal and outputs a single signal. Boolean Operations a form of mathematical operations related to the function of computers, essentially, Boolean operations are used to produce data from signals passing through gates (AND/OR/NOT) And Gate A gate takes two signals and sends out an output based on if both signals are true, and does not send an output if one is false. Or Gate A gate sends out an output based if either signal is true. Not Gate takes on input and sets it to the opposite. XOR Gate if exactly 1 (out of 2) signal is true, I dont get how thats different from or gates. One byte = 8 bits Operands = the object of a mathematical operation, a quantity on which an operation is performed, like x + y. x is the operand.