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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. sequences of 0s and 1s






2. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD






3. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






5. computers used by a single person at a time






6. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area






7. Named collection of data stored on a disk






8. Step #1 in the software development method






9. The set of programs associated with a computer






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






11. 8 bits






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






13. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines






14. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor






15. Stores programs or data permanently






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






17. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors






18. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors






19. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






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






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






22. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data






23. 1024 bytes (2^10)






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






25. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable






26. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships






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






28. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data






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






30. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler






31. Step #6 in the software development method






32. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






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






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






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






36. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks






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






38. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)






39. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






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






42. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data






43. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






44. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






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






47. Step #5 in the software development method






48. Step #4 in the software development method






49. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships






50. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm