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Problem Solving And Program Design
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1. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Data storage
Address of a memory cell
File server
Microprocessor chip
2. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Object file
Graphical user interface
Stored program concept
Analyze the problem
3. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
USB
Object file
Machine language
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
4. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Mainframes
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
High-level language
MG (Megabyte)
5. The set of programs associated with a computer
Hardware
Software
Declarations
Machine language
6. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Contents of a memory cell
Object file
Data retrieval
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
7. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Central processing unit
Stored program concept
Contents of a memory cell
Abstraction
8. A name that is replaced by a particular constant value before the program is sent to the compiler
Top-down design
constant macro
Stored program concept
Data type double
9. An individual storage location in memory
Memory cell
Contents of a memory cell
Data type double
Data storage
10. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
byte
Source file
GB (Gigabyte)
11. Step #3 in the software development method
Central processing unit
Memory cell
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Register
12. Step #4 in the software development method
Central processing unit
Implement the algorithm
Address of a memory cell
Analyze the problem
13. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
B (Byte)
Data storage
Central processing unit
Secondary storage
14. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Central processing unit
MG (Megabyte)
Personal computers
Algorithm
15. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
MG (Megabyte)
Hardware
B (Byte)
KB (Kilobyte)
16. Universal Serial Bus
USB
Software
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Contents of a memory cell
17. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Preprocessor directives
Microprocessor chip
Operating system
Desk checking
18. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Machine language
TB (Terabyte)
File server
Mainframes
19. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Data storage
Linker
Software
Analyze the problem
20. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
GB (Gigabyte)
Linker
Stored program concept
Assignment statement
21. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Algorithm
Computer chip
bit
Main memory
22. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Executable statements
MG (Megabyte)
Personal computers
High-level language
23. A word having special meaning but one that a programmer may redefine (but redefinition is not recommended!)
Computers
Data retrieval
Standard identifiers
Binary numbers
24. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Desk checking
Contents of a memory cell
Object file
25. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
Operating system
MG (Megabyte)
Stored program concept
26. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Microprocessor chip
MG (Megabyte)
File
Analyze the problem
27. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Test and verify the completed program
Contents of a memory cell
Assembly language
byte
28. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
KB (Kilobyte)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Optical drive
29. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
byte
File server
Assignment statement
30. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Optical drive
Stepwise refinement
USB
Object file
31. Universal Serial Bus
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Machine language
USB
Top-down design
32. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Stored program concept
Assembly language
USB
C Language
33. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Implement the algorithm
Mainframes
Stored program concept
Secondary storage
34. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program
bit
Data type double
High-level language
Declarations
35. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Compiler
Central processing unit
Address of a memory cell
Software
36. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Machine language
MG (Megabyte)
Assembly language
bit
37. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
GB (Gigabyte)
Optical drive
Wide area network (WAN)
Desk checking
38. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
C Language
Address of a memory cell
File
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
39. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Mainframes
MG (Megabyte)
Object file
Local area network (LAN)
40. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Top-down design
Machine language
Analyze the problem
Computers
41. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Stepwise refinement
Binary numbers
Computers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
42. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
bit
Assignment statement
Stored program concept
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
43. 8 bits
Top-down design
bit
B (Byte)
Data type int
44. Step #1 in the software development method
Local area network (LAN)
Linker
Specify the problem requirements
MG (Megabyte)
45. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Assembly language
Computer chip
C Language
File
46. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Operating system
GB (Gigabyte)
USB
Mainframes
47. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Computers
Analyze the problem
Stored program concept
C Language
48. computers used by a single person at a time
Personal computers
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Assembly language
GB (Gigabyte)
49. Stores programs or data permanently
Optical drive
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Personal computers
50. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
File server
Supercomputers
bit
Desk checking
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