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Problem Solving And Program Design
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1. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Flash drive
TB (Terabyte)
GB (Gigabyte)
Computer chip
2. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Machine language
C Language
File
Data retrieval
3. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Operating system
Central processing unit
Maintain and update the program
byte
4. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Address of a memory cell
Standard identifiers
Machine language
Graphical user interface
5. Universal Serial Bus
GB (Gigabyte)
Hardware
Desk checking
USB
6. 1024 bytes (2^10)
KB (Kilobyte)
byte
Operating system
Binary numbers
7. A name that is replaced by a particular constant value before the program is sent to the compiler
High-level language
Desk checking
constant macro
Stored program concept
8. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Maintain and update the program
Maintain and update the program
Standard identifiers
9. 8 bits
constant macro
Reserved word
B (Byte)
Secondary storage
10. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
MG (Megabyte)
Computer chip
B (Byte)
Address of a memory cell
11. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Memory cell
bit
Contents of a memory cell
Maintain and update the program
12. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
Register
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Machine language
Preprocessor directives
13. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
B (Byte)
Compiler
Linker
Local area network (LAN)
14. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Microprocessor chip
Contents of a memory cell
Personal computers
Data retrieval
15. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Contents of a memory cell
Central processing unit
Declarations
Assembly language
16. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
bit
GB (Gigabyte)
Source file
Maintain and update the program
17. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Optical drive
MG (Megabyte)
Graphical user interface
Executable statements
18. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
Top-down design
Desk checking
Data type double
19. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
MG (Megabyte)
Central processing unit
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
20. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Central processing unit
Analyze the problem
Computers
Reserved word
21. computers used by a single person at a time
Flash drive
Personal computers
Memory cell
Memory cell
22. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Specify the problem requirements
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Mainframes
Computers
23. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
GB (Gigabyte)
Flash drive
C Language
24. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Supercomputers
Wide area network (WAN)
Data retrieval
Graphical user interface
25. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Flash drive
Data type int
Data type double
Preprocessor
26. Step #5 in the software development method
Supercomputers
Test and verify the completed program
MG (Megabyte)
Computers
27. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Binary numbers
Optical drive
Stored program concept
Memory cell
28. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
High-level language
Source file
Stored program concept
Central processing unit
29. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Data retrieval
Optical drive
Computers
Object file
30. sequences of 0s and 1s
Object file
Binary numbers
Compiler
Linker
31. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Contents of a memory cell
Object file
Address of a memory cell
Preprocessor directives
32. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
USB
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Abstraction
Declarations
33. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Data retrieval
File server
Operating system
Stored program concept
34. A word that has special meaning in C
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Data retrieval
Local area network (LAN)
Reserved word
35. Data type is used to represent integers in C (-32767 to 32767)
Software
Flash drive
Main memory
Data type int
36. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Assembly language
Software
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
37. The set of programs associated with a computer
Graphical user interface
Software
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Local area network (LAN)
38. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Stepwise refinement
Abstraction
Assembly language
Address of a memory cell
39. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Preprocessor directives
Operating system
Assembly language
MG (Megabyte)
40. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Data type int
Integrated development environment (IDE)
byte
GB (Gigabyte)
41. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Optical drive
Wide area network (WAN)
B (Byte)
USB
42. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation
Stepwise refinement
Preprocessor
Specify the problem requirements
Machine language
43. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Graphical user interface
Local area network (LAN)
Software
Flash drive
44. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Desk checking
Operating system
Optical drive
45. The amount of storage required to store a single character
byte
constant macro
Optical drive
Integrated development environment (IDE)
46. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
MG (Megabyte)
Stepwise refinement
Main memory
Software
47. A list of steps for solving a problem
Source file
Optical drive
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Algorithm
48. sequences of 0s and 1s
Maintain and update the program
Computer chip
Computers
Binary numbers
49. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
byte
bit
Data type char
B (Byte)
50. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Compiler
constant macro
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Maintain and update the program
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