Week 5

Question 1

Scripts

Answer 1

Mainly used to perform a single or limited range task

Question 2

Are programs and scripts coded with same languages? If not what are they each coded with?

Answer 2

Scripts with scripting languages and programs with coding languages.

Question 3

Application software

Answer 3

Any software created to fulfill a specific need like a text editor, web browser, or graphic editor

Question 4

System software

Answer 4

Software used to keep our core system running, like OS tools and utilities

Question 5

Firmware

Answer 5

Software that’s permanently stored on a computer component, like the BIOS

Question 6

Assembly language

Answer 6

Allowed computer scientists to use human readable instructions, assembled into code, that the machines could understand

Question 7

Compiled programming languages

Answer 7

Uses human readable instructions, then sends them through a compiler

Question 8

Git

Answer 8

A version control system that helps keep track of changes made to files and directories