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Problem Solving And Program Design
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1. The set of programs associated with a computer
Software
Stepwise refinement
Microprocessor chip
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
2. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
TB (Terabyte)
Stepwise refinement
Analyze the problem
USB
3. Universal Serial Bus
Data type int
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
USB
Wide area network (WAN)
4. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
GB (Gigabyte)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Standard identifiers
Local area network (LAN)
5. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Stepwise refinement
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Microprocessor chip
Secondary storage
6. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Algorithm
Desk checking
Operating system
7. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation
Declarations
Preprocessor
Contents of a memory cell
GB (Gigabyte)
8. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
bit
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
World wide web (WWW)
File server
9. A list of steps for solving a problem
Algorithm
Memory cell
Abstraction
bit
10. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
C Language
Machine language
Hardware
Data storage
11. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Data type int
Hardware
bit
Central processing unit
12. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Supercomputers
Binary numbers
Data storage
Computer chip
13. Step #2 in the software development method
bit
Data storage
Analyze the problem
Graphical user interface
14. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Register
Source file
Mainframes
Machine language
15. Step #1 in the software development method
Test and verify the completed program
Specify the problem requirements
USB
Flash drive
16. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Secondary storage
B (Byte)
Supercomputers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
17. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Maintain and update the program
Mainframes
Computers
Stored program concept
18. 1024 bytes (2^10)
MG (Megabyte)
B (Byte)
GB (Gigabyte)
KB (Kilobyte)
19. computers used by a single person at a time
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Abstraction
Personal computers
Operating system
20. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Top-down design
GB (Gigabyte)
High-level language
Object file
21. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Binary numbers
Secondary storage
Wide area network (WAN)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
22. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Operating system
Source file
MG (Megabyte)
Graphical user interface
23. Step #6 in the software development method
Data type double
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Maintain and update the program
Mainframes
24. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Assembly language
Optical drive
Secondary storage
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
25. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Desk checking
Source file
World wide web (WWW)
File server
26. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Stored program concept
MG (Megabyte)
Address of a memory cell
Desk checking
27. A list of steps for solving a problem
Algorithm
Optical drive
Object file
File
28. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Implement the algorithm
Wide area network (WAN)
Microprocessor chip
Data retrieval
29. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Central processing unit
Optical drive
Local area network (LAN)
Analyze the problem
30. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Local area network (LAN)
Central processing unit
Assembly language
Mainframes
31. Step #5 in the software development method
Main memory
Object file
Graphical user interface
Test and verify the completed program
32. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Desk checking
Graphical user interface
Object file
Optical drive
33. An individual storage location in memory
Memory cell
Secondary storage
USB
Object file
34. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Data storage
Specify the problem requirements
C Language
Test and verify the completed program
35. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Computers
Analyze the problem
Hardware
USB
36. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Abstraction
Stepwise refinement
Computer chip
Standard identifiers
37. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Hardware
World wide web (WWW)
Local area network (LAN)
Executable statements
38. A list of steps for solving a problem
Local area network (LAN)
Algorithm
Source file
Flash drive
39. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Address of a memory cell
Supercomputers
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Linker
40. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Object file
Supercomputers
GB (Gigabyte)
Data retrieval
41. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Personal computers
File
Mainframes
C Language
42. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Secondary storage
Top-down design
MG (Megabyte)
Compiler
43. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Data storage
KB (Kilobyte)
Data type double
Flash drive
44. 8 bits
Binary numbers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Assembly language
B (Byte)
45. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
KB (Kilobyte)
Main memory
constant macro
46. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Linker
TB (Terabyte)
File
Flash drive
47. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Standard identifiers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Operating system
Supercomputers
48. sequences of 0s and 1s
Binary numbers
USB
bit
Object file
49. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
MG (Megabyte)
Computer chip
Microprocessor chip
Standard identifiers
50. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Data storage
Compiler
Contents of a memory cell
Stepwise refinement