Exam 10: Building Systems and Applications: Software Development, Programming, and Languages

The second step of programming is to design the program.Before the actual designing can start,algorithms must be developed.Describe what an algorithm is and give an example of one.

Bell Laboratories developed this general-purpose third-generation language that works well for mid-range computers and is portable among many computers.The Unix operating system was the first major program written in this language.

________ is a metalanguage used to define another language-for example,to facilitate the easy interchange of documents on the Internet.

The way data flows through a system is graphically shown by a ________.

Adobe ________ is a scripting browser "add-on" that supports web animation,streaming audio and video,and games.(It is not used on Apple devices.)

________ involves reading a program to make sure that it is error-free and that the logic works.

High-level languages are converted into machine language and executed immediately,statement by statement,using a(n)________.

In the SDLC,data is gathered and analyzed and a report is written during the _________ phase,systems analysis.

The tools that allow a systems analyst to present graphic representations of a system are called ________ tools.