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1
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A vocabulary and set of grammatical rules (syntax) for instructing a computer to perform specific
tasks.

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Programming Language

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2
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reads the whole source code and translates it into a complete machine code program
to perform the required tasks which is output as a new file.

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Compiler

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a program that executes instructions written in a high-level language.

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Interpreter

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is the process of writing, testing, debugging/troubleshooting, and
maintaining the source code of computer programs

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Computer programming

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5
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someone who writes computer program.

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Programmer

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6
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Writing computer programs

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Programming

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Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.

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Writing

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Using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses

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Critical Thinking

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9
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Knowledge of electric circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

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Computers and Electronics

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10
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ability to communicate information and ideas in WRITING so others will
understand

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Written Expression

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11
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Knowledge of numbers

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Mathematics

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ability to communicate information and ideas in SPEAKING so others will understand.

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Oral Expression

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13
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ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented
through spoken words and sentences.

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Oral Comprehension

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ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in
writing.

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Written Comprehension

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15
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ability to apply general rules to specific problems

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Deductive Reasoning

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16
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Finding ways to structure or classify multiple pieces of information.

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Information Organization

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17
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are low-level languages that are machine language.

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The first-generation languages, or 1GL

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18
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are also low-level languages that generally consist of
assembly languages

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The second-generation languages, or 2GL

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are high-level languages such as C.

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The third-generation languages, or 3GL

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20
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are languages that consist of statements similar to
statements in a human language.

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The fourth-generation languages

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21
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are programming languages that contain visual tools to
help develop a program.

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The fifth-generation languages

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22
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three types of programming language:

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Machine language
Assembly language
High-level language

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23
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a collection of binary digits or bits

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Machine language

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24
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consists of a series of instructions mnemonics
use keywords and symbols

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assembly language

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Assembly language programs are translated into machine language by a program called an

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assembler

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26
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allow us to write computer code using instructions resembling everyday spoken language

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High-level languages

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27
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BASIC

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Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

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28
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first programming language for many programmers

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BASIC

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29
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A programming language and environment developed by Microsoft.

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Visual Basic

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30
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much closer to assembly language than are most other high-level languages.

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C

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31
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who developed C?
where did he developed it? and when?

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Dennis Ritchie
Bell Labs in the mid 1970s

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32
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A high-level programming language and one of the most popular programming language for graphical applications, such as those that run in Windows and Macintosh environments.

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C++

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33
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who developed c++ and where did he developed it?

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Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs.

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34
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named after Blaise Pascal, a seventeenth-century French mathematician who
constructed one of the first mechanical adding machines.
It is a popular teaching language.

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Pascal

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35
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who developed Pascal?
when did he developed it?

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Niklaus Wirth in the late 1960s

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36
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It is a popular teaching language.

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Pascal

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37
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A high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems.

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Java

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38
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originally called OAK

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Java

39
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a high-level, interpreted, interactive and object-oriented scripting language.

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Python

40
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designed
to be highly readable.

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Python

41
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processed at runtime by the interpreter.

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Python is Interpreted

42
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You can actually sit at a Python prompt and interact with the interpreter
directly to write your programs.

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Python is Interactive −

43
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supports Object-Oriented style or technique of programming
that encapsulates code within objects.

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Python is Object-Oriented

44
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a great language for the beginner-level programmers
and supports the development of a wide range of applications from simple text processing to WWW
browsers to games.

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Python is a Beginner’s Language

45
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who developed python?

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Guido van rossum

46
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Python has support for an interactive mode

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Interactive Mode

47
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You can add low-level modules to the Python interpreter.

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Extendable

48
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fairly easy-to-maintain

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Easy-to-maintain

49
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more clearly defined and visible to the eyes.

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Easy-to-read

50
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has few keywords, simple structure, and a clearly defined syntax

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Easy-to-learn

51
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provides interfaces to all major commercial databases.

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Databases

52
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supports GUI applications that can be created and ported to many system
calls, libraries and windows systems, such as Windows MFC, Macintosh, and the X Window system of
Unix.

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GUI Programming

53
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provides a better structure and support for large programs than shell scripting.

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Scalable

54
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describes a process for planning, creating, testing, and
deploying an information system.

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Systems Development Life Cycle

55
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Computer professionals that are in charge of creating applications often have the job title of?

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System Analyst

56
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describes fundamental properties of the program’s source code and executable
code, including reliability, robustness, usability, portability, maintainability, efficiency, and readability.

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Program quality

57
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how often the results of a program are correct

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Reliability

58
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how well a program anticipates problems due to errors (not bugs).

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Robustness

59
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the ergonomics of a program

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Usability

60
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can be compiled/interpreted and run.

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Portability

61
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can be modified by its present or future developers in
order to make improvements or customizations, fix bugs and security holes, or adapt it to new
environments.

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Maintainability

62
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measure of system resources a program consumes

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Efficiency/performance

63
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ease with which a human reader can comprehend the purpose, control flow, and
operation of source code.

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Readability

64
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one method of designing or planning a program.

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Pseudocode

65
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display a message asking the user to enter the first age get the
first age from the keyboard display a message asking the user to
enter the second age get the second age from the keyboard.

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Input

66
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calculate the answer by adding the two ages together and dividing
by two.

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Process

67
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display the answer on the screen pause so the user can see the
answer.

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Output

68
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a software application that provides
comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development.

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integrated development environment (IDE)

69
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used to verify that the inputs, processing, and outputs are working correctly.

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Test data

70
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An information system or collection of programs that handles a major task.

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Applications

71
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Using test data to check the coded program in a specific language (like C++).

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Code checking

72
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The measure of system resources a program consumes.

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Efficiency

73
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The phase of a Systems Development Life Cycle where the programmers would be
assigned to write specific programs. life cycle Systems Development Life Cycle: Planning – Analysis –
Design – Implementation – Maintenance

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Implementation

74
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IPO

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Inputs – Processing – Outputs

75
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The ease with which a program can be modified by its present or future developers.

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Maintainability

76
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Using test data to check the design model (usually done in pseudocode)

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Model checking

77
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The range of computer hardware and operating system platforms on which the source code of
a program can be compiled/interpreted and run.

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Portability

78
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Means false and includes the concepts of fake or imitation.

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Pseudo

79
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English-like statements used to convey the steps of an algorithm or function.

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Pseudocode.

80
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The ease with which a human reader can comprehend the purpose, control flow, and
operation of source code.

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Readability

81
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How often the results of a program are correct.

A

Reliability

82
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Computer professional in charge of creating applications.

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System analyst

83
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How well a program anticipates problems due to errors.

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Robustness

84
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Providing input values and predicting the outputs.

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Test data

85
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The ease with which a person can use the program.

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Usability

86
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What are the 7 properties in Program Quality

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RELIABILITY, ROBUSTNESS, USABILITY, PORTABILITY, MAINTAINABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND READABILITY

87
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What are the 10 features of python?

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EASY TO LEARN, EASY TO READ, EASY TO MAINTAIN, A BROAD STANDARDD LIBRARY, INTERACTIVE MODE, PORTABLE, EXTENDABLE, DATABASE, GUI PROGRAMMING, SCALABLE.

88
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What are the five cycle in SDLC

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MAINTAINANCE, PLANNIING, IMPPLEMENTATION, DESIGN AND ANALYSIS

89
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CASE

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Computer Aided Software Engineering

90
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consists of the steps a programmer should do before they start coding the program in
a specific language. These steps when properly documented will make the completed program easier for
other programmers to maintain in the future.

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Program Design

91
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GPL

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General Public License

92
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what are the 12 skills required to become a programmer?

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PROGRAMMING, WRITING, READING COMPREHENSION, CRITICAL THINKING, COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS, MATHEMATICS, ORAL EXPRESSION, ORAL COMPREHENSION, WRITTEN EXPRESSION, WRITTEN COMPREHENSION, DEDUCTIVE REASONING AND INFORMATION ORGANIZATION.

93
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means false; thus,
pseudocode means false code.

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PSEUDO

94
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is fake
(not the real thing). It looks like (imitates) real code but it is NOT real code. It uses English statements to
describe what a program is to accomplish.

A

PSEUDOCODE

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