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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






3. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






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






5. sequences of 0s and 1s






6. Stores programs or data permanently






7. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






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






9. 1024 bytes (2^10)






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






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






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






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






14. An individual storage location in memory






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






16. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. An individual storage location in memory






27. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






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






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






30. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






31. An individual storage location in memory






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






33. 8 bits






34. Step #1 in the software development method






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






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






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






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






39. Step #3 in the software development method






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






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






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






43. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






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






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






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






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






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






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






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