Exam 1: An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages

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

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The device that stores information permanently (unless the device becomes unusable or you change the information by rewriting it) is called primary storage.

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

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The ____________________ handles the overall activity of the computer and provides services such as memory management, input/output activities, and storage management.

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A(n) ____ consists of data and the operations on those data.

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The digit 0 or 1 is called a binary digit, or ____.

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

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In ____________________ design, the final program is a collection of interacting objects.

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

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The term GB refers to ____.

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The programming language C++ evolved from ____.

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

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The basic commands that a computer performs are input (get data), output (display result), storage, and performance of arithmetic and logical operations.

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____________________ languages include FORTRAN, COBOL, Pascal, C, C++, Java, and Python.

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A sequence of eight bits is called a ____.

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Main memory is called ____.

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In C++, the mechanism that allows you to combine data and operations on the data into a single unit is called a(n) ____________________.

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____ consists of 65,536 characters.

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The ASCII data set consists of ____________________ characters.

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Several categories of computers exist, such as ____.

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