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CH 5. Flashcards

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What is a computer program?

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what is a software?

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what are the types of software?

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what is system software?

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what is bios?

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what is operating system?

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what is an programming language?

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state the types of programming language?

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what is machine level language?

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what is assembly level language?

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what is high level language?

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what do u mean by an compiler?

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what is the difference between compiler and interpreter?

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state and explain the translators.

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what are 4GL?

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what is c language?

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state the process for developing a program

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what is program definition?

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what is program design?

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whats an algorithm?

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whats an flowchart?

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state the types of logic used in flowcharts.

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what is modular programming?

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state the guidelines one must follow while coding.

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whats debugging?

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state the tools and methods used to debug a program

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explain: simulator

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explain: logic analyzers

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29
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explain: breakpoints

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30
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explain: software interrupts

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31
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explain: memory dump

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32
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explain: trace routine

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what is use of testing?

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34
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what is documentation?

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35
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whats the use of maintainence?

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36
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what is utility software?

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whats firmware?

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whats opensource software?

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whats trialware?

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40
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whats the difference between shareware and freeware software?

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41
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FIB: ___ acts as an interface between user and machine.

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Softwares

42
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____ software is used in functioning of computer system.

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System

43
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BIOS is an ___ software loaded on bios chip

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Low level

44
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Bios is loaded on ___ chip

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Bios

45
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Bios stands for ___

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Basic input output software

46
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___ is a semiconductor chip in which bios is stored

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Bios

47
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Bios chip is an ___

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Semiconductor chip

48
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Bios chip is a dualline chip with ___ pins

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28/32

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Major manufacturers of BIOS Chip are __

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Ami
Phoenix/award
Intel

50
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Cmos stands for ___.

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Complementary metaloxide semiconductor chip

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____ is a memory chip that stores certain computer settings

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Cmos

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Cmos chip stores settings like __.

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Date/time

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Cmos settings are stored as soon as the computer is powered on.(T/F)

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False

54
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Cmos gets its power from ___.

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Cmos battery

55
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Cmos battery is installed on ____

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Motherboard

56
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T/F:

O/s acts as an interface between system and application software

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False. Acts as an interface between software/hardware

57
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State the use of foll program: post

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Checks and compares all the hardware with their configuration

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Post stands for ___

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Power on self test

59
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State the use of: i/o routine

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Establishes connection between input device, output devices and cpu

60
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State the use of: bootstrap loader

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Used to load the o/s of secondary device on primary memory ie RAM. Ie it Performs booting

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What is booting?

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Loading the o/s of secondary device on the primary memory ie ram

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Give example of o/s:

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Unix
Linux
Windows 8

63
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True or false: programming language is easier as compared to natural language ie English

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True.as it has basic syntax snd less complexities

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