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COMPUTER Q1 (all mod. exam rev.) Flashcards

1
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The process of creating a set of instructions that tell a
computer how to perform a task.

A

Programming

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Is the person who develops and write codes to the compilers and converts it to a machine language called binary.

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Computer Programmer

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3
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It is composed of bits. 1 bit is the smallest unit of information in a computer. It holds the number 1 or 0.

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Binary

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4
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It is the process of designing and building an executable computer program to accomplish a specific computing result or to perform a
specific task.

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Computer Programming

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5
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The role of a programming language can be described in two ways.

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Technical and Conceptual

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6
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A means for instructing a Computer to perform tasks. Computer programmers write and test code that allows computer applications and software programs to function properly.

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Technical

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7
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A framework within which we organize our ideas about things and processes.

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Conceptual

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8
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Who introduced codes on the early 1790 BC.

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The Babylonians

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9
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Codes are representation of Characters or Symbols that will be used to make instructions that process Data and create an information. What system did the Babylonians made.

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The Sexagesimal system

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10
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The Babylonian counting system developed in ancient Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

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Punched Card

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11
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Who made the first punched cards in 1725?

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Basile Bouchon and Jean-Baptiste Falcon

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12
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Mechanical loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with complex patterns such as brocade, damask and matelassé.

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Jacquard Loom

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Also known as the Father of Computer who invented the Analytical Engine in 1842.

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Charles Babbage

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14
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A young Italian engineer and future Minister of Italy
wrote up Babbage lecture in French and his transcript.

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Luigi Menabrea

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15
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The First lady Programmer to translate Menabrea‘s paper into English, subsequently requesting that
she augment the notes she had added to the translation.

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Ada Lovelace or Augusta Ada Byron

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16
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Ada‘s notes were labeled alphabetically from A to G. In what notes she describes an algorithm for the analytical engine to computer Bernoulli numbers.

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In note G

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17
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In late 1939 they teamed up to build a prototype.

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John Atanasoff ad Clifford Berry

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18
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In 1945, this mathematician undertook a study of computation that demonstrated that computer could have simple, fixed structure.

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John Von Neumann

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19
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This was to inspire people to create programs using a high-level language.

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Cobol

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20
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Who created Cobol.

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Grace Hopper

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21
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What does Cobol stand for.

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Common Business-Oriented Language

22
Q

A model where people would build with other sources input. A grouped being led by Charles katz were the ones to create this program.

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Math Matics

23
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Named was changed from all caps to caps because of the meaning, used in the computationally intensive areas. Created by John W. Backus

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Fortran

24
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This programming language is designed for scientists and engineers.

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Fortran

25
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This programming was named for a French mathematician/philosopher Blaise Pascal.

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Pascal

26
Q

The ̳Logo‘ program was made for educational use, and it was named after the Greek rootword ̳logos‘ meaning?

A

word

27
Q

What does basic stands for.

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Beginner’s all purpose symbolic instruction code

28
Q

This program gave the computer access any non-science students.

A

Basic

29
Q

Who was the french mathematician/philosopher that was named after this programming language.

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Blaise Pascal

30
Q

This was named ̳C‘ because of the earlier language named ̳b‘

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C

31
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This programming language had been under the contract to the USSD this course was named after Ada Lovelace and created to support explicit concurrency.

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ADA

32
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Who led the team under the contract of USSD?

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Jean Ichibiah

33
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First created in 1979, the name was later changed in 1983. Created by Bjarne Stroustrup an was used for hardware design. This name shows the changes from “c”.

A

C++

34
Q

They couldn‘t name its “SEQUEL‘ because it was a trademark of the UK based Hawker Siddeley Company that created aircrafts. But this program was designed to manage data in RDBMS.

A

SQL

35
Q

Who created Java

A

James Gosling

36
Q

Also if was originally designed for interactive television.

A

Java

37
Q

It is a set of programs that enables you to store, modify and analyze data stored and extract information from a database.

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Data Base Management System or DBMS

38
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It is a specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other. This may include specifications for procedures, data structures, object classes and variables.

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Application Programming Interface or API

39
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Also known as the assembly language. It is a low-level programming language for a computer, microcontroller or other programmable device.

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Second Generation Language

40
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The second generation language is also known as the?

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assembly language

41
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This generation of language was introduced by John Atanasoff who built a prototype.

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First Generation Language

42
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With a very high level programming language and a development environment or ‘Analyst Workbench’

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Fourth Generation Language

43
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This is a generation of language with a strong concept from details of the computer.

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Third Generation Language

44
Q

This generation of language is designed to build specific programs, ______________ language is designed to make the computer solve a given problem without the programmer. This programming language was predicted to be the wave of the future.

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Fifth Generation Language

45
Q

A series of events that brings a new product into existence and follows its growth into a mature product.

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Life cycle

46
Q

Uses a series of instructions which are in order from the
beginning to end.

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Procedural Language

47
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It is a computer language that does not require writing traditional programming logic. Also known as the “declarative language”

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Non-procedural language

48
Q

In order, what is the process of the program and its life cycle.

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  • Understanding the Problem
  • Planning the Method of Solution
    -Development of Methods using Algorithms and
    Flowcharts
  • Coding the Instruction in a Programming Language
  • Program Testing and Debugging
  • Documentation
  • Program Concept
49
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It uses Pseudo and Flowcharting to evaluate the quality of code

A

Program Concept

50
Q

It is a list of requirements and steps written in English.

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Pseudo code

51
Q

A graphical or symbolic representation of a process.

A

Flow Charting

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