Basic Operations and Programming Errors Flashcards
What are the 2 components of a computer system?
Hardware and software.
It contains the motherboard, central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), and storage drives.
System unit.
What are the 3 basics operations of a computer?
- Accepting input
- Processing input/data
- Producing an output/result
If a device accepts input and produces output then it is a computer.
False. It should be able to accept input, process data, and produce an output.
Hardwares are the components of a computer not visible to the naked eye.
False. Software.
What are the 5 components of a hardware?
- Input
- Process
- Output
- Storage
- Communication devices
Give an example of an input device.
Keyboard, camera, mouse, microphone.
Give an example of a processing device.
CPU, RAM, GPU.
Give an example of an output device.
Monitor, speaker, printer, projector.
Give an example of a storage device.
Solid-state drive (SSD), harddrive, USB, flash drive, memory card, DVD.
Give an example of a communication device.
Internet, Bluetooth, modem.
What are the 2 categories of software?
Application and system software/operating system.
Give an example of an application software.
Zoom, Chrome, Spotify.
Give an example of a system software.
Linux, Ubuntu, Android.
A/an _ gives instructions to hardware and makes application softwares work.
operating system (OS)
What is programming?
The process of writing and creating instructions for a computer.
This computer language consists of 1’s and 0’s.
Machine language.
This is the only and first language computers can understand.
This computer language uses symbols, letters, and mnemonic codes.
Assembly language.
The Assembly language uses an _ to translate code into machine language.
assembler
This computer language is more advanced than the Assembly language.
High level languages.
High level languages like Java needs a _ while Python needs an _ in order to translate code into machine language.
compiler, interpreter
What are the 2 programming errors?
Syntax and logic errors.
What is syntax?
The rules of writting in a programming language.
In a syntax error, the program will run but will be unable to produce an output.
False. A program will not run in a syntax error.
When a code is executed, the syntax is correct, but the output is incorrect, what type of programming error occurs?
Logic error.
