module 1

Question 1

programming language-

Answer 1

formal language with semantics and syntax for instructing a computer to perform a specific task

Question 2

high level programming language

Answer 2

systems for issuing instructions to CPU that abstract away the detail of low-level machine language to provide programmers with natural language commands (C++, java, python)

Question 3

semantics-

Answer 3

in the context of programming the meaning and validity of program statement

Question 3

statement-

Answer 3

each instruction written in a high level programming language

Question 3

program code

Answer 3

set of statements written in a programming language

Question 4

reserved words

Answer 4

the words that a programming language reserves for its use to specify commands and other actions

Question 4

keywords-

Answer 4

words in a programming g language that have special meaning such as a command to perform an action

Question 5

class

Answer 5

define a characteristics of a person place or thing

Question 5

for/ while

Answer 5

begin a section of code that repeats one or more times

Question 5

def-

Answer 5

define sequence of instructions

Question 5

variables

Answer 5

that can be assigned values and structures

Question 5

if/elif/else-

Answer 5

execute program statements when condition is true

Question 6

import-

Answer 6

incorporate a prewritten code module in a program

Question 6

syntax-

Answer 6

in the context of programming language the grammar rules for word order and punctuation

Question 6

arithmetic operator

Answer 6

that can be used to perform calculations

Question 7

data types

Answer 7

that define values and text

Question 8

branching controls –

Answer 8

change the sequence in which statements are executed

Question 9

repetition controls

Answer 9

that repeat a series of statements

Question 10

syntax rules

Answer 10

for constructing valid statements

Question 11

terminology

Answer 11

describing the components of language that their functions

Question 12

visual platform

Answer 12

option of arranging visual elements that represent various statements

Question 13

text editor

Answer 13

software that can be used to enter plain ASCII text

Question 13

directive-

Answer 13

tells the computer how to handle program rather than how to perform an algorithm

Question 14

statements-

Answer 14

human readable text is divided into sentences an paragraphs your code should be divided into statements and blocks.

Question 15

code blocks

Answer 15

group of program statements that perform specific function and that may be visually set off from other statements or blocks using blank lines

Question 16

executable file

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a file that has been complied into machine code and that can be directly executed by a computer

Question 17

build tools-

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tools, such as preprocessor, complier and linker that convert source code into a program that a computer can execute

Question 18

complier

Answer 18

utility software that translates code written in one programming language into another language

Question 19

source code-

Answer 19

set of statements usually written in a high level programming language

Question 20

object code

Answer 20

binary program code that is produced by a complier (C++ complier)

Question 21

bytecode-

Answer 21

code that is compiled into an intermediate file that virutal machine complies and executes

Question 22

virtual machine-

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utility software that operates on a specific hardware platform to execute bytecode

Question 23

java virtual machine-

Answer 23

the virtual machine software complies and executes bytecode produced by java programming language

Question 24

interpreter

Answer 24

in the context of computer software, it is utility software that preprocesses and executes program statements one by one

Question 25

debugging

Answer 25

process of finding and correcting bugs in a computer program

Question 26

syntax-error

Answer 26

a flaw in a program statement that results from incorrectly using punctuation or word sequencing