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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships






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






3. 1024 bytes (2^10)






4. Step #4 in the software development method






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






6. Step #1 in the software development method






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






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






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






10. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






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






13. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






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






15. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






16. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory






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






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






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






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






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






22. The set of programs associated with a computer






23. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor






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






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






26. The set of programs associated with a computer






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






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






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






30. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory






31. A list of steps for solving a problem






32. 8 bits






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






34. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






36. Stores programs or data permanently






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






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






39. Step #4 in the software development method






40. An individual storage location in memory






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






42. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






43. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






44. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






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






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






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






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






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






50. Step #6 in the software development method