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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks






2. Step #2 in the software development method






3. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






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






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






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






7. Universal Serial Bus






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






9. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)






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






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






12. 8 bits






13. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






14. Step #5 in the software development method






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






16. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data






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






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






19. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






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






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






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






23. An individual storage location in memory






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






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






26. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons






27. Named collection of data stored on a disk






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






29. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data






30. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






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






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






34. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






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






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






37. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships






38. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






39. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






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






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






42. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






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






45. A name that is replaced by a particular constant value before the program is sent to the compiler






46. 1024 bytes (2^10)






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






48. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






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






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