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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol






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






3. Step #4 in the software development method






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






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






6. Step #6 in the software development method






7. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






9. computers used by a single person at a time






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






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






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






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






14. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






16. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents






17. 8 bits






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






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






20. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






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






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






23. computers used by a single person at a time






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






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






26. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






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






28. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






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






30. Universal Serial Bus






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






32. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






34. sequences of 0s and 1s






35. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






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






37. Step #3 in the software development method






38. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable






39. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






40. The set of programs associated with a computer






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






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






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






44. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






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






46. An individual storage location in memory






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






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






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






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