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Lecture 12 Ch 11 Flashcards

0
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Who uses programming languages to create software applications

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Programmers

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What is the process used to create software programs

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Programming

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What consists of a vocabulary and set of rules called syntax

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Programming languages

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What is the point of interaction between components, such as the interaction between a user’s screen and computer code, which results when running a program?

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Interface

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What are the different kinds of compilers and interpreters

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Source code, code, high-level language, compiler, executable program, & interpreter

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What is programming instructions in the original form needed to translator for the computer can understand

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Source code

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What is programming instructions created by the programers

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Code

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What is the language that mimics English; does not require a programmer to understand the intimate details of how hardware, especially the processor, handles data

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High-level language

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What utility program translates source code into object

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Compiler

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What code transformed from object code ready to run programs that do not need to be altered

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Executable program

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What is a translation program that does not produce object code –translation one line of source code at a time; executes the translated instructions

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Interpreter

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What is based on binary numbers and is the only programming language that a computer understands directly

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Machine language ( this is a first-generation language)

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What is the brief abbreviation for program instructions that make assembly language easier to use

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Mnemonics (Assembly>low-level language>programs use>mnemonics)

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Assembly language must be translated into machine language by what?

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Assembler

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What does not require programmers to know details related to the processing of data

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High-level languages (3rd generation language)

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What divides large programs into separate molecules, each takes care of a specific function

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Modular programming

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Also known as in encapsulation, modular programming makes it possible to hide details in sensitive applications

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Information hiding

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17
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What provides detailed instructions that are designed to carry out a specific action such as printing a formatted report

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Procedural languages

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18
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Do not require programmers to you step-by-step instruction

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Nonprocedural languages

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19
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What is still being perfected and is nonprocedure

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Natural language (5th gen language)

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20
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What is programming technology based on data being conceptualized as objects

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Object-oriented programming (OOP)

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What is a unit of computer information that defines a data element that is used to model real –world objects

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Object

22
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What defines the data?

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Attributes

23
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What are procedures or operations called?

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Methods

24
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What are blueprints or prototypes from which objects are made

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Class

25
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What is the ability to pass on characteristics from a class of subclasses

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Inheritance

26
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What is not considered programming languages. Have a browser how to display text and objects

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Web-based languages

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What is composed of a set of codes, or elements that uses tags to define how to text and objects display

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Markup language

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Markers that usually come in pairs

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Tags

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Text that displays, lies between the opening and closing tags

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Content

30
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What are the different kinds of scripting languages

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VBScript, ActiveX controls, JavaScript, EMAScript, AJAX, JSON, PHP

31
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What is organized plan for managing the development of software

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Program development life cycle (PDLC)

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What are he 6 phases of the programming development life cycle

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Phase 1: Defining the problem
Phase 2: Designing the program
Phase 3: Coding the program
Phase 4: Testing and debugging the program
Phase 5: Documenting the program
Phase 6: Implementing and maintaining the program

33
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What identifies components of the program

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Program design

34
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Why breaks programs into small, manageable, high focus routines

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Top-down program design

35
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What logical elements assembled in blocks of code that determine how subroutines will be programmed

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Structured design

36
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What is the code that performed in line-by-line order

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Sequence control structure

37
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What is also called a conditional or branch structure, this is a portion of code that leads to a block of code based on conditions being met

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Selection control structure

38
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What portion of code that branches to extensive conditional coding

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Case control structure

39
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What is also known as looping. Or iteration, this is a portion of code that repeats

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Repetition control structure

40
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What is a combination of control structures

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Algorithm

41
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What is the process of embedding control structures within one another

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Nesting

42
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What is also called hierarchy charts, and shows top-down design of programs

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Structured charts

43
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What is uses diagrams to show to logic of a program

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Flow charts

44
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What variation of flowcharting used to illustrate and document object-oriented systems during development

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Unified Modeling Language (UML)

45
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What Uses a stylized form of writing to describe logic

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Pseudocode

46
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What are mistakes in the construction of the programming commands?

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Syntax errors

47
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What is related to problems in the solutions’s design; causes incorrect output; program still runs despite logic errors

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Logic errors

48
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Syntax errors and logic errors are

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Bugs

49
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What is the process of eliminating errors

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Debugging

50
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Overview of program functionality; tutorials; through explanations of main features; reference documentation of program commands; description of error messages

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Documentation

51
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Fix program errors discovered by users; make modifications as needed to update the program or add features.

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Program maintenance

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