Computer - Answers Mechanical or an electronic device that can efficiently store. retrive, and
manipulate large amounts of information at high speed and with great accuracy
Program - Answers A list of instructions
Applications - Answers Are programs you use to enhance your productivity, solve problems, supply
information, or provide recreation.
System software - Answers Consists of programs used by the computer to control and maintain its
hardware and to communicate with the user
Operating system - Answers Is the computer's master control program
Programming - Answers Is a set of symbols and rules governing their use that are used in constructing
programs.
Machine language - Answers Consists of a sequence of bits that are all zeros and ones. Each combination
of zeros and ones is an instruction to the computer about something
Assembly language - Answers Is a symbolic representation of machine language
High-level languages - Answers they are easier to learn and use, and the resulting programs are easier to
read and modify
Text editor - Answers in which you type and edit (modify) the program statements (instructions)
Debugger - Answers Helps you find errors in your program
Compiler - Answers Translates your program into machine language
Development cycle - Answers The process of analysis, design, coding, and testing a program.
Design a program - Answers Create a detailed description, using relatively ordinary language or special
diagrams of the program to be created
Algorithms - Answers Consists of a number of step-by-step procedures that combine to solve the given
problem.
Coding - Answers Using the programming language software to enter the program statements into the
computer's memory
Syntax - Answers The ways that specific words and symbols are used by each language
Pseudocode - Answers Uses short, English-like phrases to describe the outline of a program. It's not
actual code from any specific programming language, but sometimes it strongly resembles the actual
code