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Problem Solving And Program Design
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1. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Data storage
Central processing unit
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Optical drive
2. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
World wide web (WWW)
Hardware
Linker
Binary numbers
3. computers used by a single person at a time
Binary numbers
Personal computers
C Language
KB (Kilobyte)
4. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
bit
Contents of a memory cell
KB (Kilobyte)
Abstraction
5. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Implement the algorithm
Maintain and update the program
Graphical user interface
MG (Megabyte)
6. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Stored program concept
Mainframes
Computers
Operating system
7. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
World wide web (WWW)
Stepwise refinement
Computer chip
Implement the algorithm
8. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
MG (Megabyte)
Algorithm
GB (Gigabyte)
File
9. Step #4 in the software development method
Implement the algorithm
File
Secondary storage
Address of a memory cell
10. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Data retrieval
MG (Megabyte)
Main memory
Machine language
11. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Operating system
Main memory
Hardware
Binary numbers
12. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Supercomputers
TB (Terabyte)
Computers
Central processing unit
13. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
High-level language
Algorithm
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
14. Universal Serial Bus
USB
Operating system
Flash drive
Hardware
15. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Computer chip
Register
C Language
Stepwise refinement
16. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
USB
C Language
Algorithm
Object file
17. Step #6 in the software development method
Maintain and update the program
Linker
Optical drive
Data storage
18. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Preprocessor directives
Hardware
GB (Gigabyte)
Algorithm
19. 1024 bytes (2^10)
byte
C Language
KB (Kilobyte)
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
20. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Compiler
Mainframes
File
Machine language
21. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
TB (Terabyte)
KB (Kilobyte)
Assembly language
Flash drive
22. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Linker
Preprocessor
Machine language
Mainframes
23. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Specify the problem requirements
Machine language
Address of a memory cell
Binary numbers
24. An individual storage location in memory
Memory cell
Data type char
KB (Kilobyte)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
25. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Optical drive
byte
TB (Terabyte)
GB (Gigabyte)
26. Step #1 in the software development method
Specify the problem requirements
MG (Megabyte)
GB (Gigabyte)
Local area network (LAN)
27. Step #2 in the software development method
Memory cell
Analyze the problem
Central processing unit
bit
28. 8 bits
TB (Terabyte)
Register
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
B (Byte)
29. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Linker
Desk checking
Binary numbers
Wide area network (WAN)
30. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Address of a memory cell
Memory cell
Data type int
GB (Gigabyte)
31. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Flash drive
Wide area network (WAN)
Computers
Memory cell
32. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
MG (Megabyte)
Contents of a memory cell
Register
Address of a memory cell
33. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Secondary storage
Local area network (LAN)
Maintain and update the program
GB (Gigabyte)
34. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Supercomputers
B (Byte)
Standard identifiers
GB (Gigabyte)
35. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Operating system
KB (Kilobyte)
Stored program concept
Microprocessor chip
36. Stores programs or data permanently
Optical drive
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
TB (Terabyte)
Maintain and update the program
37. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Memory cell
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Microprocessor chip
TB (Terabyte)
38. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Central processing unit
Computers
Linker
Compiler
39. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Register
Memory cell
Wide area network (WAN)
Abstraction
40. A word having special meaning but one that a programmer may redefine (but redefinition is not recommended!)
Executable statements
Standard identifiers
Memory cell
Desk checking
41. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Operating system
Contents of a memory cell
File
Data type double
42. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Stepwise refinement
Computers
Computer chip
GB (Gigabyte)
43. A word that has special meaning in C
Reserved word
Secondary storage
Computers
MG (Megabyte)
44. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Computer chip
Stepwise refinement
Data storage
Algorithm
45. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
MG (Megabyte)
Declarations
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Preprocessor
46. Step #4 in the software development method
Object file
Wide area network (WAN)
Implement the algorithm
Test and verify the completed program
47. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Optical drive
Data type int
B (Byte)
Address of a memory cell
48. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
File
MG (Megabyte)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Declarations
49. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Optical drive
Test and verify the completed program
High-level language
Data type double
50. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Binary numbers
Top-down design
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Mainframes
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