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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm






2. The set of programs associated with a computer






3. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






4. Stores programs or data permanently






5. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm






6. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler






7. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable






8. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language






9. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program






10. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program






11. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm






12. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm






13. Step #4 in the software development method






14. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






15. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks






16. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm






17. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable






18. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






19. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






20. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory






21. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






22. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






23. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors






24. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors






25. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory






26. Step #2 in the software development method






27. Stores programs or data permanently






28. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor






29. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution






30. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






31. Step #1 in the software development method






32. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data






33. Named collection of data stored on a disk






34. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems






35. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor






36. Step #6 in the software development method






37. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents






38. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor






39. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.






40. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols






41. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk






42. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting






43. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks






44. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources






45. The amount of storage required to store a single character






46. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication






47. Step #1 in the software development method






48. sequences of 0s and 1s






49. 1024 bytes (2^10)






50. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler