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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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1. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting






2. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






4. Step #1 in the software development method






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






6. The set of programs associated with a computer






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






8. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






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






10. Stores programs or data permanently






11. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






13. computers used by a single person at a time






14. Step #6 in the software development method






15. Step #5 in the software development method






16. Step #1 in the software development method






17. computers used by a single person at a time






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols






26. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






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






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






29. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






31. The set of programs associated with a computer






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






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






40. Stores programs or data permanently






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






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






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






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






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






46. Step #3 in the software development method






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






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






49. The set of programs associated with a computer






50. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes