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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area






2. Used to represent real numbers (including decimal points) in C






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






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






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






6. The amount of storage required to store a single character






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






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






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






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






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






12. The set of programs associated with a computer






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






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






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






16. Step #1 in the software development method






17. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






18. Step #5 in the software development method






19. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






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






21. Stores programs or data permanently






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






23. An individual storage location in memory






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






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






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






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






28. Universal Serial Bus






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






30. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






31. Universal Serial Bus






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






33. Stores programs or data permanently






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






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






36. Named collection of data stored on a disk






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






38. computers used by a single person at a time






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






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






41. Step #6 in the software development method






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






43. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






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






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






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






47. 1024 bytes (2^10)






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






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






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