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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor






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






3. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






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






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






7. computers used by a single person at a time






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






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






10. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






11. Step #6 in the software development method






12. An individual storage location in memory






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






14. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol






23. Universal Serial Bus






24. computers used by a single person at a time






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






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






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






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






29. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data






30. sequences of 0s and 1s






31. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






32. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






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






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






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






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






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






38. Step #1 in the software development method






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






40. Step #5 in the software development method






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






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






43. Universal Serial Bus






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






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






46. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






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






48. Universal Serial Bus






49. Used to represent real numbers (including decimal points) in C






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