Computational Constructs

Question 1

What is software?

Answer 1

Software is the programs and instructions which are run by a computer system.

Question 2

What is Systems Software?

Answer 2

This type of software tells a computer how to control it’s hardware, what to do and how to interact with the user.

Question 3

What is Applications Software?

Answer 3

This type of software tells the computer how to complete a specific task, for example a game is an example of applications software.

Question 4

What is a variable?

Answer 4

A variables is used to store data, it is a location in the memory.

Question 5

What is modulus division?

Answer 5

This divides the number in variable a by the number in variable b and returns the remainder. So if variable a had 5 and variable b had 2, then it would spit out 1.

Question 6

What does concatenation do?

Answer 6

Joins to strings together. So, “hel” and “lo” when concatenated become “hello”

Question 7

What does exponential do?

Answer 7

This will spit out a number which is equal to the number in variable a to the power of the number in variable b.

Question 8

What is a predefined function?

Answer 8

A predefined function is a small section of code already written, for example ‘ask’ and ‘put’ are predefined functions in LiveCode.