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Problem Solving And Program Design
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1. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
B (Byte)
Source file
Data type char
Machine language
2. Step #4 in the software development method
Source file
Test and verify the completed program
Implement the algorithm
Memory cell
3. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Test and verify the completed program
Optical drive
Linker
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
4. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Maintain and update the program
Operating system
Main memory
Mainframes
5. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Software
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Desk checking
Standard identifiers
6. Stores programs or data permanently
Contents of a memory cell
Graphical user interface
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Desk checking
7. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Test and verify the completed program
Data retrieval
Data type char
Hardware
8. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Wide area network (WAN)
Central processing unit
MG (Megabyte)
Source file
9. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
Stored program concept
Secondary storage
bit
Main memory
10. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Personal computers
World wide web (WWW)
File server
Data retrieval
11. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
bit
Computer chip
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Secondary storage
12. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
B (Byte)
Compiler
Top-down design
Maintain and update the program
13. An individual storage location in memory
Memory cell
High-level language
Secondary storage
Local area network (LAN)
14. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
TB (Terabyte)
GB (Gigabyte)
Specify the problem requirements
Abstraction
15. A name that is replaced by a particular constant value before the program is sent to the compiler
Wide area network (WAN)
constant macro
Algorithm
Integrated development environment (IDE)
16. A list of steps for solving a problem
Algorithm
Secondary storage
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Object file
17. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Maintain and update the program
Compiler
File
Data storage
18. Step #1 in the software development method
Machine language
Stored program concept
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Specify the problem requirements
19. Universal Serial Bus
USB
Supercomputers
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
MG (Megabyte)
20. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Standard identifiers
byte
Optical drive
21. Step #1 in the software development method
Specify the problem requirements
B (Byte)
Memory cell
Contents of a memory cell
22. sequences of 0s and 1s
Secondary storage
Binary numbers
Data storage
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
23. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Specify the problem requirements
Register
C Language
Graphical user interface
24. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Abstraction
Object file
File
Computers
25. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Executable statements
Source file
bit
File server
26. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Computer chip
C Language
USB
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
27. Stores programs or data permanently
Flash drive
Optical drive
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
constant macro
28. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Hardware
Data retrieval
Assembly language
World wide web (WWW)
29. Step #2 in the software development method
TB (Terabyte)
Preprocessor directives
Analyze the problem
Secondary storage
30. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Wide area network (WAN)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
MG (Megabyte)
31. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
byte
Desk checking
Contents of a memory cell
Abstraction
32. Used to represent real numbers (including decimal points) in C
Data type double
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Assignment statement
Hardware
33. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Compiler
Supercomputers
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Contents of a memory cell
34. 8 bits
Binary numbers
World wide web (WWW)
B (Byte)
Flash drive
35. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
TB (Terabyte)
C Language
Data retrieval
Machine language
36. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Maintain and update the program
Source file
Object file
Analyze the problem
37. Universal Serial Bus
USB
GB (Gigabyte)
C Language
Flash drive
38. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Computers
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Implement the algorithm
Flash drive
39. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Main memory
Compiler
Machine language
Desk checking
40. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
High-level language
Local area network (LAN)
Supercomputers
Contents of a memory cell
41. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
MG (Megabyte)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
C Language
Integrated development environment (IDE)
42. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Algorithm
Linker
Local area network (LAN)
Contents of a memory cell
43. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
MG (Megabyte)
Stepwise refinement
Computers
Binary numbers
44. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Machine language
Computers
Computer chip
Wide area network (WAN)
45. computers used by a single person at a time
Personal computers
Software
Stored program concept
Data retrieval
46. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
World wide web (WWW)
Maintain and update the program
byte
High-level language
47. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Mainframes
Secondary storage
Compiler
Supercomputers
48. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
TB (Terabyte)
MG (Megabyte)
GB (Gigabyte)
Contents of a memory cell
49. Step #3 in the software development method
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
byte
Central processing unit
Implement the algorithm
50. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
High-level language
Secondary storage
Operating system
Standard identifiers
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