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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. Step #3 in the software development method






2. An individual storage location in memory






3. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






4. Step #2 in the software development method






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






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






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






8. Named collection of data stored on a disk






9. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation






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






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






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






13. Step #1 in the software development method






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






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






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






17. A list of steps for solving a problem






18. sequences of 0s and 1s






19. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






20. Stores programs or data permanently






21. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






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






23. Stores programs or data permanently






24. Step #5 in the software development method






25. Named collection of data stored on a disk






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






27. sequences of 0s and 1s






28. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






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






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






31. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






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






33. 1024 bytes (2^10)






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The set of programs associated with a computer






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






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






43. computers used by a single person at a time






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






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






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






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






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






49. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






50. 8 bits