Coding workspace

Question 1

– endeavors of the US Department of Defense
– focused on scientific, military, and defense
– manage supply chain, ballistics, and cryptanalysis during the war
– independent research and progress

Answer 1

Early computers and software

Question 2

◦ Computers use punch cards and paper tapes as I/O.
◦ Perform batch operation and processing only.
◦ Software development required deep knowledge and
understanding of machine language.

Answer 2

Early Days

Question 3

What year is the human computer (occupation)?

Answer 3

1613

Question 4

A programmable electronic machine that accepts digitized input, processes according to a set of internally stored instructions, and produces the
resulting output information.

Answer 4

Computer

Question 5

1949

Answer 5

Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer

Question 6

What year is Universal Computing machine?

Answer 6

1936 Turing Machine (Alan Turing)

Question 7

A computer architecture based on 1945 description by John Von Neumann and others in the first draft of a report on the EDVAC.

Answer 7

Von Neumann Architecture

Question 8

◦ Commercialization of early microprocessors.
◦ Computers used in business and institutions.
◦ Rise of more complex software and systems.
◦ The formalization of “software engineering”

Answer 8

1970s Microcomputer era

Question 9

A simple abstract computational device intended to help investigate the extent and limitations of what can be computerized.

Answer 9

Universal Computing Machine

Question 10

What year is the Von Neumann Architecture?

Answer 10

1945 Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)

Question 11

◦ Internet: new major platform for software.
◦ Rapid expansion of internet-based systems.
◦ Rise of cybersecurity vulnerabilities and threats.
◦ Counterfeit goods and piracy.

Answer 11

2000s Web Era

Question 12

◦ The formalization of “software engineering” started in?

Answer 12

1968, 1972, and onwards.

Question 13

◦ Widespread adoption of PC—MS-DOS and early GUIs.
◦ Monolithic architectures and object-oriented
approaches.

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1980s PC Era

Question 14

◦ Rise of internet and server-based systems.
◦ Shift to client-server models.
◦ Popularity of email and web browsers.
◦ Growth of e-commerce.

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1990s Client-Server Era

Question 15

◦ Computers were expensive and bulky.
◦ Surge of OS and high-level programming languages.
◦ Lack of skilled engineers and the lack of competence
and experience—severely understaffed position.

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1960s Mainframe Era

Question 16

◦ Investments in cloud computing infrastructures.
◦ Microservices, low-code, and AI-driven applications.

Answer 16

2020s Cloud-Computing Era

Question 17

designed to accelerate graphics
rendering and perform parallel
processing tasks up to 1000x
versus CPU alone.

Answer 17

GPU (Graphic Processing Unit)

Question 18

◦ Rise of modern smartphones and tablets.
◦ On-the-go applications and mobile-first design.
◦ Dominance of Android and iOS operating systems.

Answer 18

2010s Mobile Era

Question 19

performs complex calculations
to make a computer operate
functionally.

Answer 19

CPU (Central Processing Units)

Question 20

are used to permanently
store data and files.

Answer 20

HDD (Hard Disk Drive)
SSD (Solid State Drive)

Question 21

Algorithm Guidelines
1. Instructions must be blank
2. The procedure must blank
3. There must be a blank output

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Clear
Terminate
correct

Question 22

It refers to the step-by-step procedure used to perform a task or to achieve a goal in a finite set of steps.

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Algorithm

Question 23

STEPS TO PROGRAMMING
1. Understand the problem
2. Design the blank
3. Blank the algorithm
4. Blank the program
5. Blank the program
6. Improve the Blank

Answer 23

Algorithm
Code
Debug
Test
Program

Question 23

used to temporarily store data
and instructions used CPU/GPU.

Answer 23

RAM (Random Access Memory)

Question 24

It refers to the process of writing the set of
instructions, or simply the “code”, necessary to tell the computer how to perform a task or to achieve a
goal.

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Programming

Question 25

• It is a program that executes high-level
  code by translating it into machine
  code, line-by-line.
• Useful for interactive programming due to its flexibility in a rapid development setting.

Answer 25

Interpreter

Question 26

is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics.

Answer 26

Python

Question 27

Zen of Python
1. Blank is better than ugly
2. Explicit is better than Blank
3. Simple is better than Blank
4. Complex is better than Blank
5. Blank counts

Answer 27

Beautiful
Implicit
Complex
Complicated
Readability

Question 28

It is a formal set of instructions used to communicate to a computer.

Answer 28

Programming language

Question 29

It is a set of instructions fed a computer to perform \specific actions.

Answer 29

Program

Question 30

An application used to create, view,
modify, and save text files.

Answer 30

Text Editor

Question 30

• It is a program that translates code
  written in a high-level programming
  language into a machine-readable
  format that a computer can execute.
• Useful for mission-critical software which
  sacrifices compilation time with performant
  execution metrics.

Answer 30

Compiler

Question 30

◦ It is a set of technologies an organization uses to build
a web or mobile application.
◦ It is a combination of programming languages,
frameworks, libraries, patterns, servers, UI/UX
solutions, software, and tools.

Answer 30

Tech Stacks

Question 31

It is a system that…
tracks historical changes,
allows collaborative modifications, and
recovery of older versions.

Answer 31

Version control System

Question 32

It is an application that provides the best
experience for writing, editing, and debugging codes.

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IDEs

Question 33

It is a “remote computer” storing projects enabled by the Git software itself.

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Git server

Question 34

It is an open-source, distributed source code management system with strong safeguards against accidental and malicious corruptions.

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Git

Question 35

Project-Related Challenges
1. Codes get Blank as it grows.
2. Too many cooks spoil the Blank.
3. Technology Blank progress.
4. Files can be Blank or lost.

Answer 35

Convoluted
Broth
Outpaces
Corrupted

Question 36

Where do you write your programs?

Answer 36

Notepad++