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Problem Solving And Program Design
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1. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
Algorithm
Machine language
bit
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
2. 8 bits
B (Byte)
Test and verify the completed program
Algorithm
Compiler
3. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Operating system
Stepwise refinement
bit
KB (Kilobyte)
4. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
C Language
Linker
Local area network (LAN)
Graphical user interface
5. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
MG (Megabyte)
Analyze the problem
Standard identifiers
Graphical user interface
6. A list of steps for solving a problem
File
Register
Algorithm
File
7. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Optical drive
Specify the problem requirements
TB (Terabyte)
Graphical user interface
8. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Reserved word
MG (Megabyte)
Desk checking
File server
9. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Contents of a memory cell
Desk checking
Stored program concept
10. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Data retrieval
Computers
Contents of a memory cell
Software
11. Step #6 in the software development method
Machine language
Maintain and update the program
Optical drive
Supercomputers
12. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Binary numbers
Data storage
Flash drive
13. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Specify the problem requirements
Flash drive
Register
Address of a memory cell
14. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Central processing unit
B (Byte)
Data type char
Supercomputers
15. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Optical drive
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Mainframes
16. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Binary numbers
KB (Kilobyte)
Stepwise refinement
Implement the algorithm
17. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Algorithm
byte
KB (Kilobyte)
Wide area network (WAN)
18. Universal Serial Bus
USB
C Language
Computer chip
Preprocessor directives
19. A list of steps for solving a problem
Algorithm
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Computer chip
Supercomputers
20. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Implement the algorithm
Algorithm
B (Byte)
World wide web (WWW)
21. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Algorithm
C Language
Flash drive
File
22. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
World wide web (WWW)
Secondary storage
Compiler
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
23. sequences of 0s and 1s
byte
Binary numbers
Local area network (LAN)
Top-down design
24. The set of programs associated with a computer
Software
Desk checking
Stepwise refinement
Executable statements
25. The set of programs associated with a computer
GB (Gigabyte)
MG (Megabyte)
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Software
26. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Data retrieval
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
C Language
KB (Kilobyte)
27. A list of steps for solving a problem
byte
GB (Gigabyte)
Algorithm
Top-down design
28. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
High-level language
Computer chip
Secondary storage
Main memory
29. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
Graphical user interface
Preprocessor directives
Assembly language
Operating system
30. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Abstraction
Compiler
C Language
TB (Terabyte)
31. Step #2 in the software development method
World wide web (WWW)
Declarations
File server
Analyze the problem
32. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
TB (Terabyte)
MG (Megabyte)
Local area network (LAN)
33. Stores programs or data permanently
Machine language
Maintain and update the program
Wide area network (WAN)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
34. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
KB (Kilobyte)
Data retrieval
Personal computers
Wide area network (WAN)
35. An individual storage location in memory
Assignment statement
Computers
Data storage
Memory cell
36. The set of programs associated with a computer
Software
Data retrieval
constant macro
Linker
37. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Algorithm
Binary numbers
Algorithm
Central processing unit
38. Universal Serial Bus
Computers
USB
C Language
Hardware
39. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Stored program concept
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Local area network (LAN)
40. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Source file
Supercomputers
Computers
MG (Megabyte)
41. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
File server
USB
Assembly language
Wide area network (WAN)
42. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Local area network (LAN)
Data type char
C Language
Memory cell
43. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Compiler
bit
Secondary storage
KB (Kilobyte)
44. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Register
Contents of a memory cell
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
45. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
C Language
Hardware
Contents of a memory cell
Data retrieval
46. Step #4 in the software development method
Test and verify the completed program
Implement the algorithm
File server
byte
47. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
byte
Microprocessor chip
Standard identifiers
Data storage
48. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
World wide web (WWW)
MG (Megabyte)
Hardware
49. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
High-level language
C Language
Contents of a memory cell
Abstraction
50. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
bit
Local area network (LAN)
Personal computers
Supercomputers
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