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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting






2. 8 bits






3. 8 bits






4. computers used by a single person at a time






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






6. Stores programs or data permanently






7. 1024 bytes (2^10)






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






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






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






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






12. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






13. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






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






15. 1024 bytes (2^10)






16. Universal Serial Bus






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






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






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






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






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






24. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






25. Universal Serial Bus






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






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






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






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






30. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






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






32. Universal Serial Bus






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






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






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






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






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






38. Step #3 in the software development method






39. sequences of 0s and 1s






40. Named collection of data stored on a disk






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






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






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






44. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






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






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






47. The set of programs associated with a computer






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






49. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






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