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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. The set of programs associated with a computer






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






3. Universal Serial Bus






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






5. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






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






7. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation






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






9. A list of steps for solving a problem






10. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






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






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






13. Step #2 in the software development method






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






15. Step #1 in the software development method






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






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






18. 1024 bytes (2^10)






19. computers used by a single person at a time






20. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






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






22. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






23. Step #6 in the software development method






24. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






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






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






27. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






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






30. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






31. Step #5 in the software development method






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






33. An individual storage location in memory






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






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






36. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships






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






38. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






40. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






41. Named collection of data stored on a disk






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






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






44. 8 bits






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






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






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






48. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






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