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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships






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






3. Universal Serial Bus






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






5. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler






6. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)






7. Named collection of data stored on a disk






8. Step #6 in the software development method






9. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons






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






11. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol






12. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons






13. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons






14. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)






15. An individual storage location in memory






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






17. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






18. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off






19. The set of programs associated with a computer






20. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)






21. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)






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






23. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






24. Step #1 in the software development method






25. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds






26. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






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






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






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






30. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






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






32. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area






33. Program lines that are converted to machine language instructions and executed by the computer






34. Universal Serial Bus






35. Step #2 in the software development method






36. The set of programs associated with a computer






37. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off






38. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler






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






40. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






41. Universal Serial Bus






42. Stores programs or data permanently






43. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






44. Stores programs or data permanently






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






46. Used to represent real numbers (including decimal points) in C






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






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






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






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