2260_Chapter_1_Key_Terms

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Low-level programming lang. w/ strong correspondence between instruction in the language and architecture&#x27;s machine code

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Assembly language

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Has a specific meaning and are a component of the syntax. Cannot be used as identifiers because they&#x27;re _ by a language

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Keywords/ reserved words

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Coding scheme is a set of 128 numeric codes representing English letters, various punctuation marks, & other characters

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ASCII

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Manages all devices connected to computer, controls internal operations of hardware, allows data to be saved/retrieved..

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Operating system

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Data that is fed into a machine, system, or program

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Input

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uses programming languages to write, revise, test, and update code

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Programmer

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All of the physical devices, or components, of which a computer is made

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Hardware

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Non-volatile storage that is used to save data and programs for later retrieval

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Secondary Storage

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A unit of data that is eight binary digits long

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Byte

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Any computer hardware that converts info into a human-perceptible form or, into a physical machine-readable form for use

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Output devices

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A set of instructions that a computer follows to perform a task

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Program

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translates just one statement of the program at a time into machine code

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Interpreter

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Type of computer program designed to run a computer&#x27;s hardware and application programs

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System software

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Type of memory that is only used for temporary storage

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Volatile

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is the set of rules which defines how a program will be written

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Syntax

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scans the entire program and translates the whole of it into machine code at once

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Compiler

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Symbol telling compiler/ interpreter to perform specific mathematical, relational or logical operation & produce result

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Operators

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Way of representing data using 0s and 1s. This system is used by computers to represent all the data it works with

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Binary

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The part of the computer that runs programs

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CPU

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CPU&#x27;s primary method of program execution. Code is copied from secondary storage into the main memory as soon as powered

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Fetch-decode-execute

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The hardware in a computer that stores the OS, applications, & data so the device&#x27;s processor can access them quickly

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RAM

Question 22

Universal character encoding standard. This standard has ~100000 characters, used to represent many languages

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Unicode

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The programs that run on a computer are referred to as

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Software

Question 24

The information processed and produced by the computer or a program to the user is called ___

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Output

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Language that enables a programmer to write programs that are more or less independent of a particular type of computer

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High-level language

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The smallest unit of computer data, either the number 0 or 1 is called a

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Bit

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Low-level language made up of binary numbers or bits that a computer can understand

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Machine language

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languages used to write programs that relate to the specific architecture and hardware of a particular type of computer

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Low-level language

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Computer software package that performs a specific function directly for an end user or for another application

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Application software

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Device that allows info to be entered into a computer, such as a keyboard, stylus and tablet, mouse, puck, or microphone

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Input devices

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Set of instructions or commands and statements which is written by a programmer by using a computer programming language

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