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Problem Solving And Program Design
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1. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Computers
Assignment statement
File server
Contents of a memory cell
2. Step #4 in the software development method
Compiler
Analyze the problem
constant macro
Implement the algorithm
3. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Specify the problem requirements
Register
byte
B (Byte)
4. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Operating system
File server
Secondary storage
TB (Terabyte)
5. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Maintain and update the program
Contents of a memory cell
Stepwise refinement
TB (Terabyte)
6. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Software
Contents of a memory cell
Data type int
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
7. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Wide area network (WAN)
Abstraction
Source file
Computers
8. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Wide area network (WAN)
C Language
Central processing unit
Linker
9. Step #5 in the software development method
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
TB (Terabyte)
Test and verify the completed program
File server
10. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
B (Byte)
GB (Gigabyte)
Contents of a memory cell
Preprocessor directives
11. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Linker
Computer chip
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Secondary storage
12. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Computer chip
Optical drive
Data storage
13. Data type is used to represent integers in C (-32767 to 32767)
Operating system
Data type int
Software
Register
14. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Algorithm
Optical drive
Secondary storage
byte
15. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
B (Byte)
byte
World wide web (WWW)
Optical drive
16. Program lines that are converted to machine language instructions and executed by the computer
Machine language
Stepwise refinement
Executable statements
Data type double
17. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Address of a memory cell
File
Central processing unit
C Language
18. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Address of a memory cell
Contents of a memory cell
Personal computers
19. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Data storage
World wide web (WWW)
Memory cell
Optical drive
20. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Reserved word
Assembly language
Operating system
B (Byte)
21. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Algorithm
Graphical user interface
Mainframes
Secondary storage
22. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Declarations
Contents of a memory cell
Binary numbers
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
23. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Graphical user interface
Object file
File server
Wide area network (WAN)
24. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Specify the problem requirements
High-level language
Assembly language
Supercomputers
25. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Supercomputers
World wide web (WWW)
Microprocessor chip
Wide area network (WAN)
26. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Test and verify the completed program
TB (Terabyte)
byte
Integrated development environment (IDE)
27. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
B (Byte)
TB (Terabyte)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Operating system
28. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
Data type char
Preprocessor directives
Data retrieval
TB (Terabyte)
29. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
bit
Data type double
TB (Terabyte)
30. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Local area network (LAN)
Source file
Memory cell
Computer chip
31. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Stored program concept
File server
Preprocessor
Operating system
32. An individual storage location in memory
USB
Memory cell
World wide web (WWW)
Preprocessor directives
33. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Algorithm
Analyze the problem
Implement the algorithm
C Language
34. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Flash drive
High-level language
Computer chip
35. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Data type double
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Implement the algorithm
USB
36. Stores programs or data permanently
File
Specify the problem requirements
High-level language
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
37. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Abstraction
Compiler
Top-down design
Central processing unit
38. sequences of 0s and 1s
Main memory
MG (Megabyte)
Binary numbers
B (Byte)
39. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Main memory
Supercomputers
Machine language
Data type int
40. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Computer chip
File server
Register
MG (Megabyte)
41. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Data storage
GB (Gigabyte)
Hardware
Supercomputers
42. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Hardware
C Language
Data type char
bit
43. Stores programs or data permanently
C Language
Top-down design
Stepwise refinement
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
44. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Secondary storage
C Language
Central processing unit
Data type double
45. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Register
Preprocessor directives
Test and verify the completed program
Supercomputers
46. Step #6 in the software development method
Maintain and update the program
Flash drive
B (Byte)
Memory cell
47. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Data retrieval
Standard identifiers
Secondary storage
Central processing unit
48. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Linker
Binary numbers
Data type double
Compiler
49. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
File server
Register
MG (Megabyte)
Address of a memory cell
50. The set of programs associated with a computer
Analyze the problem
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Software
Machine language
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