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Problem Solving And Program Design
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1. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Operating system
File server
Secondary storage
Personal computers
2. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Linker
KB (Kilobyte)
Implement the algorithm
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
3. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Stepwise refinement
Register
Abstraction
Microprocessor chip
4. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
C Language
Central processing unit
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Address of a memory cell
5. Step #2 in the software development method
Secondary storage
Analyze the problem
Object file
High-level language
6. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
USB
Object file
Assembly language
Integrated development environment (IDE)
7. Step #1 in the software development method
Specify the problem requirements
GB (Gigabyte)
Computers
USB
8. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Stepwise refinement
MG (Megabyte)
Contents of a memory cell
Address of a memory cell
9. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
byte
Data type int
World wide web (WWW)
10. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
Software
Preprocessor directives
constant macro
Machine language
11. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
High-level language
File
Optical drive
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
12. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Algorithm
Data retrieval
bit
Computers
13. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable
Assignment statement
Maintain and update the program
Preprocessor directives
Register
14. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Object file
Operating system
USB
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
15. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
File
Wide area network (WAN)
Computers
Central processing unit
16. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Supercomputers
Flash drive
Executable statements
KB (Kilobyte)
17. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Stored program concept
Linker
GB (Gigabyte)
bit
18. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
File
MG (Megabyte)
Central processing unit
Linker
19. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Assembly language
High-level language
Contents of a memory cell
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
20. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Operating system
B (Byte)
Computer chip
Mainframes
21. A list of steps for solving a problem
USB
Algorithm
Object file
bit
22. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Main memory
B (Byte)
Supercomputers
Stored program concept
23. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Top-down design
Optical drive
Local area network (LAN)
Compiler
24. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Microprocessor chip
Secondary storage
Graphical user interface
Personal computers
25. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Algorithm
File
Specify the problem requirements
26. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Maintain and update the program
GB (Gigabyte)
File
27. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Address of a memory cell
Hardware
Personal computers
Stored program concept
28. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
File
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Machine language
Implement the algorithm
29. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Analyze the problem
Data storage
TB (Terabyte)
MG (Megabyte)
30. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Binary numbers
Secondary storage
Graphical user interface
Microprocessor chip
31. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation
Secondary storage
Preprocessor
Secondary storage
USB
32. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Personal computers
GB (Gigabyte)
Computers
33. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Central processing unit
bit
Wide area network (WAN)
Algorithm
34. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
High-level language
Data retrieval
GB (Gigabyte)
Binary numbers
35. sequences of 0s and 1s
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Central processing unit
Binary numbers
Operating system
36. Step #3 in the software development method
Graphical user interface
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
TB (Terabyte)
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
37. Stores programs or data permanently
Implement the algorithm
C Language
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
KB (Kilobyte)
38. Step #4 in the software development method
Implement the algorithm
Binary numbers
Supercomputers
Secondary storage
39. Universal Serial Bus
Computers
Mainframes
USB
Source file
40. Step #4 in the software development method
Binary numbers
bit
Implement the algorithm
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
41. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Flash drive
Data storage
Linker
42. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Stepwise refinement
Local area network (LAN)
Central processing unit
43. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Linker
Operating system
Memory cell
Implement the algorithm
44. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Data storage
High-level language
Contents of a memory cell
Reserved word
45. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Executable statements
Object file
File server
Memory cell
46. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
USB
TB (Terabyte)
KB (Kilobyte)
Local area network (LAN)
47. 8 bits
bit
GB (Gigabyte)
B (Byte)
Software
48. The amount of storage required to store a single character
byte
Data storage
Register
Mainframes
49. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Declarations
World wide web (WWW)
Optical drive
Abstraction
50. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
TB (Terabyte)
Register
Wide area network (WAN)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
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