Programming Fundamentals Exam 1 Review With
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Bits - correct answers binary digits, either 1 or 0
Processors - correct answers to support different calculations, circuits called _____ were created to execute
instructions/programs using data
Memory - correct answers a circuit that can store 0s and 1s in each of a series of thousands of addressed
locations
Cooking metaphor - correct answers Processor = chef, program = recipe, data = ingredients, memory = shelf
Application/App/program - correct answers programmer-created sequence of instructions
Computer - correct answers -input/output devices (a.k.a peripherals), like a screen and keyboard
-Storage, like a disk (harddrive)
-memory, or RAM
-processor (the OS)
-clock
Cache - correct answers relatively small, volatile storage with fastest access located on processor chip
Volatile storage - correct answers a type of computer memory that needs power to preserve stored data
C - correct answers created by Kemighan and Ritchie at AT&T Bell labs in 1978, became the dominant
programming language in the 80s/90s
, C++ - correct answers C-based language, involves object-oriented programming, designed by Strastrup in 1985
When was the first public release of Java? - correct answers 1995
Code - correct answers the textual representation of a program
Assignment operator - correct answers the equal sign =, the value to the right is assigned to the variable on
the left
Assignment - correct answers setting value of variable
Initialization - correct answers an assignment made when declaring a variable (i.e. int Variable = 0; or double
Variable = 0.0);
Associativity - correct answers order in which operands are used with operators
Operands - correct answers The data that operators work with.
Ex: unitSold = 12
Then unitSold and 12 are operands.
Computer science and computer engineering are similar - correct answers science tells us how systems work
together and engineering is how we build them
Sub areas with CSE - correct answers -Software Development (programming)
-Software engineering (process)
-computational theory (math, potential, limits)
-problem solving
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