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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks






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






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






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






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






6. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






7. Step #5 in the software development method






8. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






9. The set of programs associated with a computer






10. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






11. Data type is used to represent integers in C (-32767 to 32767)






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






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






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






15. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems






27. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory






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






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






30. Step #6 in the software development method






31. Step #5 in the software development method






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






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






34. The set of programs associated with a computer






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






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






37. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






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






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






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






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






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






43. Step #6 in the software development method






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






45. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language






46. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm






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






48. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






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






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