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Problem Solving And Program Design
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1. The set of programs associated with a computer
Software
Supercomputers
Operating system
constant macro
2. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Personal computers
Local area network (LAN)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Maintain and update the program
3. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Graphical user interface
KB (Kilobyte)
Flash drive
Specify the problem requirements
4. An individual storage location in memory
File server
MG (Megabyte)
Object file
Memory cell
5. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation
Preprocessor
Wide area network (WAN)
Reserved word
Computers
6. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Computer chip
Software
GB (Gigabyte)
Supercomputers
7. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Main memory
Data retrieval
File
Data storage
8. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Data storage
Top-down design
Flash drive
9. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Linker
Data type int
High-level language
10. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Compiler
Local area network (LAN)
Contents of a memory cell
Microprocessor chip
11. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
MG (Megabyte)
Maintain and update the program
Memory cell
byte
12. sequences of 0s and 1s
Address of a memory cell
Binary numbers
Compiler
USB
13. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Data storage
Assembly language
Compiler
Address of a memory cell
14. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Stored program concept
File server
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Central processing unit
15. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Wide area network (WAN)
Supercomputers
16. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Personal computers
Assignment statement
constant macro
Wide area network (WAN)
17. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
High-level language
Memory cell
Stored program concept
Assembly language
18. Step #4 in the software development method
Linker
USB
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Implement the algorithm
19. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Test and verify the completed program
Computer chip
Linker
Object file
20. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Operating system
Stepwise refinement
Flash drive
21. 8 bits
Supercomputers
B (Byte)
Main memory
Implement the algorithm
22. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
byte
Local area network (LAN)
Software
High-level language
23. 8 bits
Desk checking
B (Byte)
Assembly language
Compiler
24. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Machine language
Reserved word
Personal computers
Stepwise refinement
25. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
GB (Gigabyte)
Memory cell
Declarations
Central processing unit
26. Step #5 in the software development method
Main memory
Assembly language
Flash drive
Test and verify the completed program
27. Universal Serial Bus
Graphical user interface
byte
Data type int
USB
28. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
Machine language
Preprocessor directives
Wide area network (WAN)
USB
29. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Data type double
Algorithm
Integrated development environment (IDE)
TB (Terabyte)
30. computers used by a single person at a time
Personal computers
byte
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Analyze the problem
31. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Abstraction
Source file
C Language
Central processing unit
32. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
File
Wide area network (WAN)
Linker
Mainframes
33. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Stepwise refinement
GB (Gigabyte)
Microprocessor chip
MG (Megabyte)
34. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Stepwise refinement
Stored program concept
Integrated development environment (IDE)
USB
35. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Integrated development environment (IDE)
USB
GB (Gigabyte)
Stored program concept
36. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Supercomputers
Data type double
High-level language
Main memory
37. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Main memory
Software
Source file
Assembly language
38. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Hardware
High-level language
Local area network (LAN)
Data storage
39. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Abstraction
USB
Register
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
40. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Secondary storage
Data storage
Object file
Abstraction
41. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Local area network (LAN)
Software
Secondary storage
Central processing unit
42. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Integrated development environment (IDE)
File server
High-level language
Stored program concept
43. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Data type double
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Binary numbers
Top-down design
44. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Top-down design
Assignment statement
Stored program concept
Mainframes
45. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Graphical user interface
Declarations
Binary numbers
Central processing unit
46. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Test and verify the completed program
Abstraction
Stored program concept
bit
47. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Data type int
Software
World wide web (WWW)
Desk checking
48. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Register
Supercomputers
High-level language
Data type double
49. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Maintain and update the program
Operating system
Source file
Standard identifiers
50. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable
Object file
Graphical user interface
Assignment statement
Data retrieval
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