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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable






2. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






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






4. An individual storage location in memory






5. Universal Serial Bus






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






7. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






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






9. Step #6 in the software development method






10. Program lines that are converted to machine language instructions and executed by the computer






11. An individual storage location in memory






12. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols






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






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






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






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






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






18. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor






19. A list of steps for solving a problem






20. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






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






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






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






24. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






25. Stores programs or data permanently






26. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






28. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents






29. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






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






31. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






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






33. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






34. Step #3 in the software development method






35. sequences of 0s and 1s






36. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






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






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






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






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






41. computers used by a single person at a time






42. Step #2 in the software development method






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






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






45. Universal Serial Bus






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






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






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






49. Step #4 in the software development method






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