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Problem Solving And Program Design
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1. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Software
byte
Graphical user interface
Contents of a memory cell
2. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Maintain and update the program
Abstraction
Main memory
3. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
KB (Kilobyte)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Compiler
constant macro
4. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Microprocessor chip
Graphical user interface
Maintain and update the program
Graphical user interface
5. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Operating system
C Language
File
High-level language
6. Step #6 in the software development method
Maintain and update the program
Graphical user interface
Hardware
byte
7. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Data retrieval
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Wide area network (WAN)
8. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
High-level language
Abstraction
Machine language
Top-down design
9. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Supercomputers
Main memory
Algorithm
Computer chip
10. A word having special meaning but one that a programmer may redefine (but redefinition is not recommended!)
Computer chip
USB
Standard identifiers
Assembly language
11. 8 bits
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Secondary storage
B (Byte)
Personal computers
12. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Flash drive
Data retrieval
Hardware
Secondary storage
13. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Source file
Abstraction
USB
Microprocessor chip
14. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Machine language
Central processing unit
Graphical user interface
Computer chip
15. Used to represent real numbers (including decimal points) in C
Data type double
High-level language
Maintain and update the program
KB (Kilobyte)
16. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Mainframes
Source file
byte
TB (Terabyte)
17. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Algorithm
Software
MG (Megabyte)
Data storage
18. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Operating system
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Microprocessor chip
Assembly language
19. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
Central processing unit
TB (Terabyte)
Data retrieval
Desk checking
20. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Specify the problem requirements
World wide web (WWW)
Desk checking
Data storage
21. Universal Serial Bus
Stored program concept
USB
Flash drive
Operating system
22. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
GB (Gigabyte)
Object file
Abstraction
Assembly language
23. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Operating system
Computer chip
Data storage
Memory cell
24. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Central processing unit
Mainframes
Stepwise refinement
Memory cell
25. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Computer chip
TB (Terabyte)
Data type char
Linker
26. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Hardware
Binary numbers
Declarations
Object file
27. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
B (Byte)
File server
Implement the algorithm
Assembly language
28. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Wide area network (WAN)
Linker
File
B (Byte)
29. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Data retrieval
Integrated development environment (IDE)
byte
30. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Compiler
Analyze the problem
Graphical user interface
B (Byte)
31. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
File
Top-down design
TB (Terabyte)
Wide area network (WAN)
32. Step #1 in the software development method
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Flash drive
Local area network (LAN)
Specify the problem requirements
33. 8 bits
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
B (Byte)
Specify the problem requirements
Microprocessor chip
34. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Register
Binary numbers
Data type char
GB (Gigabyte)
35. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Stored program concept
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Software
Integrated development environment (IDE)
36. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
File
Specify the problem requirements
C Language
Wide area network (WAN)
37. A list of steps for solving a problem
Standard identifiers
Algorithm
Software
Computer chip
38. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Stepwise refinement
Contents of a memory cell
Operating system
Standard identifiers
39. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Computer chip
Hardware
Secondary storage
Mainframes
40. computers used by a single person at a time
Algorithm
Binary numbers
Data storage
Personal computers
41. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Address of a memory cell
Integrated development environment (IDE)
B (Byte)
Top-down design
42. sequences of 0s and 1s
byte
Assembly language
Stepwise refinement
Binary numbers
43. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
File server
Wide area network (WAN)
Memory cell
44. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Algorithm
KB (Kilobyte)
Optical drive
Address of a memory cell
45. 1024 bytes (2^10)
High-level language
Data storage
Contents of a memory cell
KB (Kilobyte)
46. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Microprocessor chip
File server
Data storage
Stepwise refinement
47. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Integrated development environment (IDE)
USB
Top-down design
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
48. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Local area network (LAN)
Mainframes
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
49. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Machine language
Assembly language
Computer chip
File
50. An individual storage location in memory
B (Byte)
Specify the problem requirements
Flash drive
Memory cell
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