CS 2010 Final Exam Practice
Mrs. B's programming design cycle - Analyze, Design, Implement (or Code), Test
Type of volatile storage - Random Access Memory (RAM)
set of grammar-like rules that must be followed when con
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CS 2010 Final Exam Practice
Mrs. B's programming design cycle - Analyze, Design, Implement (or Code), Test
Type of volatile storage - Random Access Memory (RAM)
set of grammar-like rules that must be followed when constructing a program - Syntax
A file with the .cpp extension contains this code - source
advantages of using an Integrated Development Environment, such as MS Visual Studio, to write
and run your code - Performs the compilation and linking in a single click, uses color coding to
differentiate different types of code (comments, string literals, keywords, etc.), as code
completion, identifies errors and offers debugging help
Programmer-defined names of memory locations that can hold data - Variable
purpose of a memory address - To identify the location of a byte in memory
set of well-defined steps for performing a task or solving a problem - algorithm
set of instructions that the computer follows to solve a problem - program
Two parts of a CPU - Two parts of a CPUThe Control Unit and the Arithmetic and Logic Unit
Even when there is no power to the computer, data can be held in this location - Secondary
storage
Words in a programming language that have a special meaning and may be used only for their
intended purpose are known as this - keywords or reserved words
A variable declaration identifiesthe name of a variable that will be used in a program, as well as -
The type ofdata it will be used to hold
Three primary activities of all computer programs - Input, Processing, and Output
type of preprocessor directive - #include
Source code, preprocessor, modified source code, compiler, object code, linker, executable code
- process of translating a source file into an executable file
a program might use any of the following tools during the design process - pseudocode,
flowchart, hierarchy chart
causes the contents of anoth
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