Exam 1: An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages

The devices that feed data and programs into computers are called output devices.

In a C++ program, statements that begin with the symbol # are called ____________________ directives.

Main memory is an ordered sequence of items, called ____.

Dividing a problem into smaller subproblems is called ____ design.

The devices that the computer uses to display results are called ____ devices.

Assembly language uses easy-to-remember instructions called ____________________.

When the computer is turned off, everything in secondary memory is lost.

C++ programs have always been portable from one compiler to another.

____ represent information with a sequence of 0s and 1s.

The ASCII data set consists of ____________________ characters.

A program called a(n) ____ translates instructions written in high-level languages into machine code.

In object-oriented design, the first step in the problem-solving process is to identify the components called ____________________, which form the basis of the solution, and to determine how they interact with one another.

The programming language C++ evolved from ____.

To develop a program to solve a problem, you start by analyzing the problem.

The command that does the linking on Visual C++ Express (2013 or 2016) and Visual Studio 2015 is Make or Remake.

Several categories of computers exist, such as ____.

____ consists of 65,536 characters.

A sequence of eight bits is called a ____.

____________________ signals represent information with a sequence of 0s and 1s.

The devices that feed data and programs into computers are called ____ devices.