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COP1000 Ch 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed program ✔✔a set of instructions that a computer follows to perform a task hardware ✔✔the physical devices that a computer is made of are referred to as the CPU ✔✔the part of a computer that runs programs microprocessors ✔✔today, CPUs are small chips known as main memory ✔✔where the computer stores a program while the program is running as well as the data that the program is working with secondary memory ✔✔a volatile type of memory that is used only for temporary storage while a program is running secondary storage ✔✔a type of memory that can hold data for long periods of time input device ✔✔a component that collects data from people or other devices and sends it to the computer (ex: keyboard, camera) output device ✔✔a video display (ex: monitor, printer, speakers) byte ✔✔enough memory to store a letter of the alphabet or a small number bits ✔✔a byte is made up of eight ________ binary ✔✔in a ________ numbering system, all numeric values are written as sequences of 0s and 1s 0 ✔✔a hit that is turned off represents this value ASCII ✔✔a set of 128 numeric codes that represent the English letters, various punctuation marks, and other characters unicode ✔✔an extensive encoding scheme that can represent that characters of many of the languages of the world two's complement ✔✔negative numbers are encoded using the ________ technique floating-point ✔✔real numbers are encoded using the ________ technique pixels ✔✔the tiny dots of color that digital images are composed of a stream of binary numbers ✔✔if you were to look at a machine language program, you would see ________ decode ✔✔the CPU determines which operation it should perform in the ________ part of the fetch-decode cycle machine language ✔✔computers can only execute programs that are written in ________ assembler ✔✔translates an assembly language program to a machine language program keywords ✔✔the words that make up a high-level programming language syntax ✔✔the rules that must be followed when writing a program compiler ✔✔translates a high-level language program into a separate machine language program F ✔✔today, CPUs are huge devices made of electrical and mechanical components such as vacuum tubes and switches. (T/F) T ✔✔Main memory is also known as RAM. (T/F) T ✔✔Any piece of data that is stored in a computer's memory must be stored as a binary number. (T/F) F ✔✔Images, like the ones you make with your digital camera, cannot be stored as binary numbers. (T/F) T ✔✔Machine language is the only language that a CPU understands. (T/F) F ✔✔Assembly language is considered a high-level language. (T/F) T ✔✔An interpreter is a program that both translates and executes the instructions in a high-level language program. (T/F) F ✔✔A syntax error does not prevent a program from being compiled and executed. (T/F) F ✔✔Windows Vista, Li

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