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Problem Solving And Program Design
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1. 8 bits
Flash drive
B (Byte)
World wide web (WWW)
Local area network (LAN)
2. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Main memory
Abstraction
Data retrieval
3. Step #2 in the software development method
Analyze the problem
Preprocessor directives
Flash drive
Flash drive
4. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Local area network (LAN)
Binary numbers
File server
Stepwise refinement
5. The set of programs associated with a computer
Software
File
Linker
Specify the problem requirements
6. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Data retrieval
Local area network (LAN)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Contents of a memory cell
7. Stores programs or data permanently
Compiler
Object file
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Top-down design
8. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Microprocessor chip
Data storage
Operating system
constant macro
9. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
TB (Terabyte)
Flash drive
Computers
Stepwise refinement
10. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Optical drive
Computer chip
Top-down design
Central processing unit
11. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
B (Byte)
Secondary storage
File server
Stored program concept
12. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
Local area network (LAN)
Data type char
World wide web (WWW)
Analyze the problem
13. An individual storage location in memory
Memory cell
Computers
Object file
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
14. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Source file
Operating system
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
15. Universal Serial Bus
USB
Maintain and update the program
Data storage
Specify the problem requirements
16. computers used by a single person at a time
Personal computers
Address of a memory cell
Hardware
Local area network (LAN)
17. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Machine language
Stepwise refinement
Compiler
Object file
18. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Linker
Executable statements
Hardware
Register
19. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Main memory
B (Byte)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Contents of a memory cell
20. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Mainframes
Assembly language
Main memory
Maintain and update the program
21. Named collection of data stored on a disk
File
Specify the problem requirements
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
22. sequences of 0s and 1s
Operating system
Data storage
Binary numbers
KB (Kilobyte)
23. The amount of storage required to store a single character
C Language
USB
byte
Stored program concept
24. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Object file
C Language
Address of a memory cell
Test and verify the completed program
25. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
Preprocessor directives
Stepwise refinement
bit
Hardware
26. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Specify the problem requirements
Top-down design
byte
Computers
27. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable
Object file
Stored program concept
Assignment statement
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
28. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Supercomputers
Algorithm
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
29. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Machine language
File
Implement the algorithm
Desk checking
30. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Flash drive
Abstraction
High-level language
USB
31. Step #4 in the software development method
Graphical user interface
Computer chip
Implement the algorithm
Top-down design
32. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
GB (Gigabyte)
USB
Stored program concept
Register
33. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Graphical user interface
Linker
Wide area network (WAN)
byte
34. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Local area network (LAN)
World wide web (WWW)
Secondary storage
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
35. The set of programs associated with a computer
byte
Software
KB (Kilobyte)
Personal computers
36. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Maintain and update the program
Operating system
Central processing unit
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
37. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
C Language
Local area network (LAN)
Contents of a memory cell
Hardware
38. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Contents of a memory cell
Source file
Linker
Analyze the problem
39. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Register
Microprocessor chip
Computer chip
Binary numbers
40. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Data type char
Desk checking
Local area network (LAN)
Compiler
41. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Top-down design
Preprocessor
Contents of a memory cell
Central processing unit
42. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Central processing unit
Stored program concept
Personal computers
TB (Terabyte)
43. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Linker
Top-down design
Data storage
KB (Kilobyte)
44. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
bit
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Supercomputers
Mainframes
45. Stores programs or data permanently
C Language
Compiler
Implement the algorithm
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
46. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Object file
Machine language
Stored program concept
KB (Kilobyte)
47. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Register
Stepwise refinement
Wide area network (WAN)
Contents of a memory cell
48. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Personal computers
Data retrieval
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Computers
49. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Wide area network (WAN)
High-level language
byte
Source file
50. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Operating system
Supercomputers
TB (Terabyte)
File
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